Mahsa Amini protests
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| September 2022 Iranian protests | |||
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| Part of the Iranian Democracy Movement and Death of Mahsa Amini | |||
.jpg) Protests in Tehran | |||
| Date | 14 September 2022 – present (sporadically) | ||
| Location | Various cities across Iran | ||
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| Methods | Demonstrations Riots Roadblocks and Barricades | ||
| Status | Ongoing | ||
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No centralised leadership | |||
| Casualties | |||
| Death(s) | 5+ (5 confirmed)
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| Injuries | 100+ | ||
| Arrested | 200+ | ||
| Protests are still ongoing so casualties and arrests may differ | |||
September 2022 Iranian Protests or Iranian Protests against the killing of Mahsa Amini is a series of demonstrations that started on 14 September 2022 after the death of Mahsa Amini[1] due to a beating in the morality police detention center in Tehran called Guidance Patrol and from the cities of Saqqez, Sanandaj, Divandarreh, Baneh and Bijar in Kurdistan province spread to other parts of Iran. These protests spread rapidly after one day and the cities of Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Kerman, Shiraz, Tabriz, Rasht, Sari, Karaj, Arak, Ilam and many other cities joined these protests.[2][3]
Background
Mehsa Amini was a 22-year-old Iranian woman who was arrested by the Guidance Patrol of Iranian governmet on 14 September 2022, and suffered brain death due to beating and injury to the skull and died on 16 September 2022. After this tragic event and her funeral, protests were held in different parts of Iran. After that, a nationwide strike was called from Kurdistan province to Tehran on Monday, 18 September. Iranian Kurdistan parties and civil and political activists of Kurdistan declared Monday the day of General strike.[4][5][6]
Protests
Hours after Mahsa Amini was killed, a group of people gathered in protest against her murder near Kasar hospital and chanted slogans "Death to the dictator", "Guiadance patrol is Killer", "I will kill, I will kill the one who killed my sister", "I swear by Mahsa's blood", "Iran will be free", "Khameney is a murderer, his government is invalid" and "Oppression against women from Kurdistan to Tehran" chanted. These protests were met with suppression and arrest of protesters. A number of women took off their headscarves in response to the attack of the counter-insurgency forces and chanted the slogan "Shameless Daesh".[7][8] Also, some people honked their car horns in the streets as a sign of protest. Also, the people of Tehran chanted slogans against Iran's sovereignty and compulsory hijab by gathering around Tehran's Argentina Square at night. On the other hand, a group of women took off their scarves and chanted slogans at the officers in another night gathering. The released videos show the arrest of some of the protesters with violent treatment.[9][10]
17 September
Since Saturday, after Amini's burial, Saqqez, her hometown, and the city of Sanandaj were the scene of massive protest rallies, where the security forces shot and used tear gas to disperse the people. The published picture of Amini's tomb in Saqqez shows the words on a stone above it in Kurdish:[11][12]
"Zina(Mahsa), you will not die, your name will become a symbol"
See also
- 2017–2019 Iranian protests against compulsory hijab
- 2019–2020 Iranian protests
- 2021–2022 Iranian protests
- Homa Darabi
References
- ^ Mahsa Amini’s brutal death may be moment of reckoning for Iran, The Guardian, 2022
- ^ Mahsa Amini: EU concern over woman who died after being stopped by morality police , euronews, 2022
- ^ Protests flare across Iran in violent unrest over woman's death, Rueters, 2022
- ^ Protests Spread From Hijab Victim's Hometown To Other cities, Iran International, 2022
- ^ Hengaw report No. 2 regarding Saqqez and Sanandaj protests, Hengaw News Agancy, 2022
- ^ Internet disrupted in Iran amid protests over death of Mahsa, Iran Wire, 2022
- ^ Iran: Anti-government protests likely in cities nationwide through at least late September, Crisis24, 2022
- ^ iranian protests erupt after death of 22-year-old woman in police custody, DW, 2022
- ^ Protests in Iran at death of Kurdish woman after arrest by morality police, The Guardian, 2022
- ^ Mahsa Amini: Acting UN human rights chief urges impartial probe into death in Iran, United Nation, 2022
- ^ The message written on the tombstone of Mahsa, Iran International, 2022
- ^ Mehsa Amini's funeral with armed suppression of citizens; "Jina, you will not die, your name will become a symbol, Kayhan London, 2022