Iranian security forces detained Mahsa Amini’s father on Saturday on the first anniversary of the 22-year-old’s death in their custody, sparking widespread protests across the country, according to reports.
Amjad Amini was arrested as he left his home in western Iran, according to Norwegian human rights group Hengaw. He was detained for a few hours and warned not to commemorate the anniversary of his daughter’s death, in an apparent attempt to prevent protesters from gathering at his grave and triggering a new round of protests.
Security forces were seen patrolling the street in Tehran and western Iran.
Roads to Aichi Cemetery, where Mahsa is buried, were blocked on Saturday and military helicopters flew overhead, reportedly preventing the Amini family from holding a traditional religious ceremony at her grave.
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network said security forces told Amjad Amini that his family “had no right” to leave their home and go to the grave, and that they should not participate in any commemoration of his death. The family said they wanted to hold a traditional religious ceremony and visited the grave on Friday, according to a report.
Amjad Amini, Mahsa Amini’s father, was detained by Iranian security forces to prevent him from commemorating the first anniversary of her death in custody. Kurdistan Human Rights Network
One of Amini’s uncles, Safa Aeli, was arrested in Saqez on September 5 and remains in custody, according to reports.
Apparently unable to protest, some Kurdish areas held a general strike. Hengaw photos and videos posted online which seemed to show practically empty streets and closed stores.
Mahsa was beaten to death after Iranian authorities arrested her for not properly wearing a hijab, or head covering, in accordance with Iranian law.
The beating death of Mahsa Amini, who was beaten to death by Iranian security forces after being arrested for not properly wearing a hijab, sparked mass protests that nearly toppled the fundamentalist regime last year.Getty Images
Amini’s death sparked more than a month of protests last year across the country, some of which escalated into mass riots as demonstrators openly clashed with security forces in what some experts say nearly led to to the collapse of the fundamentalist regime.
In August, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander-in-chief Hossein Salami called the protests “the strongest, most dangerous and most serious demonstrations” in the regime’s history, according to a Jerusalem Post report. .
The protests were notable for the participation of women, many of whom openly defied strict dress codes requiring hair covering, including hundreds who burned their veils and cut their hair in public.
Last year, women took to the streets of Iran, cutting their hair and burning their hijabs to protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.REUTERS
A sign of the impact they had came when the Iranian regime claimed in December that it had shut down its “moral police” in response.
On Friday, the United States imposed new sanctions against Iran.
The United States said it was sanctioning 29 individuals and entities in Iran, including members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the head of the Iranian Prison Organization and three state-backed media outlets. He also announced visa restrictions for 13 Iranian officials.
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