Despite the strong police response, demonstrations continue in several cities in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini after being arrested by the Moral Police, who again denied this Monday any responsibility for her death.
Several agencies recorded demonstrations in some of the main Iranian cities such as Tehran, Sanandaj, and Mashhad (considered the country's first holy city located in the northeast), from which videos of violent clashes have emerged on social networks.
He hashtag Persian #MahsaAmini reached almost 2 million mentions on Twitter nationwide.
A video uploaded by the @1500tasvir account on Twitter, which shares content sent by more than 70,000 followers, showed police cars with broken windows in Tehran, while a nearby security forces vehicle fired water cannons at protesters.
On Monday night, on Hejab Street in central Tehran, "several hundred people chanted slogans against the authorities, some of them took off their hijab," the agency said. Persian.
The agency Persian It also showed several dozen people, including women removing their veils, shouting "death to the Islamic Republic." "The police arrested several people and dispersed the crowd with batons and tear gas," he said. France24.
The Hengaw Human Rights organization denounced on Twitter the death of at least five people in Saqez, Divandarreh and Dehgolan (cities in the Kurdish region) by firearms fired by the police, it cited Reuters without confirming the deaths.
While there has been no official confirmation of the deaths so far, the official IRNA news agency said there were "limited" protests in several cities in seven provinces that were dispersed by police, as quoted by the Spanish newspaper. The country, which commented on the public exposure of two injured young men who denied reports of their own murders on state television, as a way of rejecting "some reports of deaths on social media."
The death of Mahsa Amini last Friday, after falling into a coma during her police arrest in Tehran, has generated an intense debate around women's rights in Iran.
The police, for their part, have already denied on two occasions that they had beaten her and said that she became ill while waiting with other detained women.
Mahsa Amini was arrested on September 13 in Tehran for "wearing inappropriate clothing" by the Moral Police, the unit that enforces the strict dress code for women in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The 22-year-old fell into a coma after her arrest and died on September 16 in a hospital, according to state television and her family. Although Tehran Police said there was "no physical contact" between officers and the victim, Iranian activists called his death "suspicious" and his father reported finding bruises on his legs.
The Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi called for a “careful” investigation into the circumstances of Amini's death, which has caused a wave of social anger in the Islamic country.
At a press conference, Greater Tehran Police Commander Hossein Rahimi explained that Amini was detained by the Moral Police while walking in a park because her hijab (hair veil) was “inappropriate.” He claimed the police had made no mistakes and criticized “cowardly accusations” against his force, citing The Guardian.
Rahimi admitted that “orientation patrol cars are equipped with body cameras, but in this case they did not have a camera.”
On the day of Mahsa Amini's death, state television aired a brief surveillance video showing a woman collapsing at the police station after an argument with a female officer. This Monday, Amjad Amini, the victim's father told the agency Persian that "the video was cut" and stated that her daughter "had been taken to the hospital late."
Several international leaders have condemned the event. “What happened to him is unacceptable and the perpetrators of this murder must be held accountable,” said Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
For its part, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this Monday that The death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the Iranian police is “deeply shocking” and called for a transparent investigation to clarify their circumstances.
From the United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted that Mahsa Amini “should be alive today” and called on the Iranian government to end its systematic persecution of women and allow peaceful protest.
In Iran, it is mandatory for more than 40 million women and girls to cover their hair in public. "Officers drive throughout the city, and are empowered to stop any woman and examine her clothing, carefully studying how many strands of her hair are visible, the length of her pants and coat, and the amount of makeup she is wearing. "reports a report from International Amnesty. The penalties can be arrest, prison sentence, fine or whipping.
According to AI, control of women's bodies is not the exclusive prerogative of the (Iranian) State. "Iran's abusive, discriminatory and degrading legislation on mandatory veiling has driven thugs and vigilante agents to assume the responsibility and right to impose the values of the Islamic Republic, harassing and attacking women in public," they denounce.
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