Yesterday, Iranians gathered at a cemetery in Iranian Kurdistan where a young woman, Mahsa Amini, was buried on the fortieth anniversary of her death, despite strict security measures put in place to mark the end of the period of mourning.
Dozens of women and men gathered at the Aiji cemetery in Saqqaz, the city where Mahsa Amini is from in Kurdistan in western Iran, chanted “Woman, life, freedom” and “Death to the dictator,” according to videos posted on social media. MASS MEDIA.
The girl’s death sparked unprecedented protests in Iran for three years, and they continue in various parts of the country, mostly led by young women and students, many of whom burn their headscarves.
According to human rights activists, intelligence agencies warned Amini’s family not to hold a ceremony on the anniversary of her death and asked people to visit her grave on Wednesday in Kurdistan province, otherwise “they should worry about the life of their son.”
Pictures released by the non-governmental organization Henkau showed a strong presence of the security forces, despite this, dozens of residents entered the city through the fields and along the roads on cars or motorcycles yesterday, judging by the pictures released by the Henkau organization based in Norway.
“Kurdistan, Kurdistan, graveyard of fascists,” one group chanted in another video posted by the activists on Twitter.
According to the group, two prominent Iranian footballers, legendary goalscorer Ali Daei and goalkeeper Hamid Lak, traveled to Sakez “desiring to attend the fortieth anniversary”.
According to Henkau, the two men stayed at the Kord Hotel but were “transferred to a government guest house … under the protection of security forces.”
Ali Daei was previously interrogated about statements he made online in support of the movement and his passport was briefly confiscated.
Unverified footage posted online by the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights Organization in Iran shows people gathering outside a hotel “during an overnight demonstration.”
The crackdown by security forces on protesters following the death of Mahsa Amini in various parts of Iran has resulted in the deaths of at least 141 people, including children, according to new figures released by the Human Rights Organization in Iran.
