One year of protests : Iran blazes as women refuse to back down
Express, September 11, 2023
It is almost the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini who died whilst in custody following her arrest for not properly wearing a religious headscarf. A wave of fresh protests will erupt across Iran next weekend as people mark the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Iranians said last night.
The 22-year-old student’s death while in custody following her arrest for not properly wearing a headscarf prompted demonstrations in every Iranian city which have still not fully abated.
Last night demonstrators told how even their own arrests and torture in prison have not dissuaded them for continuing to protest against the regime’s draconian laws.
Experts had predicted that the extent of national discontent over Amini’s death – which reflected a range of issues beyond the wearing of headscarves to Iran’s tumbling economy and mass unemployment – was beginning to reveal terminal fault lines which would spell the end of the regime…
Nooshin, was attached to the dissident Mojahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) opposition group and had been one the leaders of demonstrations in her native Isfahan.
Had the authorities discovered her link to the group, she would have been executed.
Speaking last night the 26-year-old, who works as a cashier despite having a bachelor’s degree in accounting, said: “I was arrested while chanting against (Supreme Leader Ali) Khamenei.
“I was interrogated for a month without even knowing which prison I was in. Physical abuse soon became routine and I was often placed in solitary confinement. They constantly threaten to arrest my family. Of course, this was my biggest concern.
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