“Woman, life, freedom”, “death to the dictator”, shouted the dozens gathered at the cemetery of the city where Amini came from
Defying heightened security, worshipers today gathered at the cemetery in Iranian Kurdistan where Mahsa Amini is buried to pay her respects, 40 days after her death.
“Woman, life, freedom”, “death to the dictator”, chanted the dozens of men and women who had gathered at the Aysi cemetery in the city of Saguez where Amini came from, according to videos posted on social media.
THE A 22-year-old Kurdish woman died on September 16three days after she was arrested in Tehran by the morality police for not wearing her headscarf properly.
Her death caused a unprecedented wave of protest, which continues throughout Iran. Young women and schoolgirls are at the forefront of the movement, throwing away or even burning their headscarves and confronting security forces.
Today, 40 days after Amini’s death, the mourning period traditionally ends.
According to human rights activists, the security forces had warned the young woman’s parents not to organize any ceremony in her memory, especially at her grave, going so far as to threaten “the life of their son”.
Images posted online by the non-governmental organization Hengaw showed a massive presence of security forces in Sagez as early as Tuesday, which had closed the city’s entrances.
Nevertheless, dozens of residents entered the city today, walking through fields and driving by car or motorbike, according to photos posted by Norway-based Hengaw.
“Kurdistan, Kurdistan the graveyard of fascists,” chanted a group of people, another video posted on Twitter showed.
In several countries of Kurdistan, “Sanadaz, Saghez, Divandareh, Marivan and Kamiyaran, strikes took place with a large participation,” the NGO pointed out on Twitter.
Since the crackdown on protests that broke out after Amini’s death across Iran, at least 141 people have been killed, including children — 23 or 29 based on different sources — according to a new tally announced by Iran Human Rights.
In addition, the city of Zahedan, in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, one of the poorest in Iran, has seen violent incidents for several days, which began on September 30 after the protests against the rape of a young girl by a police officer, in which at least 93 people were killed. , the IHR pointed out.
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