LONDON — Iranians all over the world commemorated the first
anniversary of the death of
Mahsa Amini on Saturday, September 16. Amini died
while detained by the police, and activists are reporting renewed repression to
prevent any protests similar to those that rocked major cities last year.
اضافة اعلان
The young Iranian Kurdish woman,
Mahsa Amini, passed away at
the age of 22 on September 16, 2022, shortly after being detained by the police
under the charge that she violated the strict dress code in the country.
Amini's family claims she died from a blow to the head, which authorities deny.
Her death quickly led to angry protests, led primarily by
women, which continued for weeks and included acts of defiance such as removing
hijabs in a direct challenge to Iranian authorities, Asharq Al-Awsat News
reported.
Protests aftermath
After several months, the momentum of these protests faded
as a result of a crackdown campaign that resulted in the
deaths of 551 protesters, including 68 children and 49 women, at the hands of the security
forces, according to the "Iranian Human Rights Organization" based in
Norway, and the arrest of more than 22,000 people, according to Amnesty
International.
Seven men were executed after being convicted in connection
with the protests.
The Iranian authorities claim that dozens of
security personnel were killed in what they describe as "rioting" instigated
by foreign governments and anti-government media, according to Agence
France-Presse.
Pre-emptive strikes
Human Rights Watch,
based in New York, stated that at least
36 individuals from the families of those killed or executed during the
repression campaign have been summoned, arrested, prosecuted, or sentenced to
prison in the past month. This is most probably in an effort to suppress the
protests before they occur.
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