Human rights activists say dozens of individuals have been detained as Iran marked the one-year anniversary Saturday of the loss of life in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
Hengaw Group for Human Rights has confirmed the identities of at the least 13 of these detained throughout numerous provinces. These detained included Nima Safar, a poet, and author, together with Mani Safar and Majid Kalateh, who have been apprehended in Gorgan, in accordance with the group.
In the meantime, Rahim Jahanbakhsh, the police commander of West Azerbaijan, introduced the detention of 137 people on costs of “disturbing public order.”
Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurd, had been detained by the morality police for allegedly sporting her headband too loosely. Iran noticed months of anti-government protests after her loss of life in police custody on September 16, 2022.
The anniversary of her loss of life was marked Saturday by a powerful army presence and a basic strike by tradespeople and shopkeepers in Kurdish cities throughout quite a few provinces of Iran — together with protest rallies in cities worldwide.
Amini’s father, Amjad Amini was detained for a short while Saturday earlier than being launched, in accordance with the Kurdistan Human Rights Community. Iran’s official IRNA information company denied he was arrested, although it might not verify if he was briefly detained or warned.
Photographs circulating on social media Saturday confirmed Iranians in New Zealand collaborating in a protest gathering on the anniversary of Amini’s loss of life. Iranians there carried placards in solidarity with the Iranian protest motion and raised their voices in chants advocating for democracy and freedom in Iran.
Iranians residing in Australia organized a protest gathering in Melbourne’s central sq. and revealed photos displaying Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a former detainee in Iran, addressing the gang.
