Spread to the US and Europe … Cutting hair in protest against the Iranian government
An Iranian refugee living in Greece cuts her hair during a protest protesting the death of a woman in her twenties in Iran for not wearing a hijab after being taken away by the police on the 24th. [AFP 연합뉴스. 자료사진. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
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According to the news agency AFP, Voice of America (VOA), and CNN on the 25th (local time), protests against the death of Mahsa Amini, aged 22, in several cities in the United States, Turkey, Germany, Greece, the Italy, Spain and Sweden happened
In the United States, protests against the Iranian government were held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC and at UC Berkeley in California on the 23rd, led by Iranian Americans.
“The protests are a symbol of solidarity with those who are ready to overthrow the Iranian regime at their expense,” the organizer of the protest told CNN.
On the 2nd of next month, a demonstration will be held to create a human chain that crosses the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Masks impersonating Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raishi and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared during protests in Washington, DC on the 24th. [AFP 연합뉴스 자료사진. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
“As people who do not live under the oppression of the Islamic regime, we have a duty to raise our voices and become the voices of the Iranian people,” said a woman who organized the protests in Chicago.
There were also protests in Turkiye, where there are many Iranian migrants.
About 300 Iranian migrants gathered in front of the Iranian consulate in Istanbul on the 21st to protest Ami’s death.
During the protests, at least three women cut their own hair in protest against the Iranian government’s restrictions on women’s bodies.
Protesters chanted slogans such as “We are not silent, we are not afraid, we are not obeying” and “I decide my body.”
Protesters also held placards condemning Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the Iranian regime.
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There were protests against the Iranian authorities in Paris, France, for two consecutive days starting on the 24th.
Around 4,000 people, according to police estimates, took part in the protest held in Trogadero Square in the center of Paris that day.
The protests initially started in a peaceful atmosphere, but as some participants went to the nearby Iranian embassy, they clashed with the police.
Among the protesters, slogans such as “Death to the Islamic Republic” erupted along with voices condemning Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
They also chanted ‘Women, Life, Freedom!’ in Persian and Kurdish, Iran’s official language, the slogan used by Iranians during anti-government protests across Iran.
French police used tear gas and riot gear to stop protesters from marching towards the Iranian embassy.
(Paris EPA = Yonhap News) Protesters in the city of Paris, France, march towards the Iranian embassy in France on the 25th. 2022.9.25
French police said in a statement that “some demonstrators tried to cross the barriers placed around the Iranian embassy on several occasions and used tear gas to push them away.”
But the police crackdown has further galvanized anti-Iranian human rights groups in France, AFP reported.
Human rights activists, who have already expressed opposition to the meeting of French President Emmanuel Macron with Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raish at the United Nations General Assembly last week, believe that the authorities are protecting the Iranian government, AFP news agency reported.
At the same time, in London, England, five protesters were arrested in a clash between protesters and the police as they tried to approach the Iranian embassy in Britain.
Social media has shared photos of protesters trying to break through a police barrier set up outside the Iranian embassy.
London police said that a number of protesters had gathered near the Iranian embassy in Britain with a “joint intention to create chaos,” adding that “protesters tried to cross the police line and threw objects at officers, sending additional police.”
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Amini went to Tehran with her family on the 13th of this month and was arrested for not wearing hijab properly. He died on the 16th, three days after being taken to hospital.
Iranian police said he never used violence claiming he might have had a heart attack, but there are claims he died after being hit in the head at a police station.
As a result of this incident, accumulated dissatisfaction with the leadership of Iran has exploded, and large-scale protests have erupted in major cities including Tehran, the Iranian government is fighting back with a hard crackdown.
At least 41 people have been killed in the process so far, but the head of Iran’s judiciary, Golam Hossein Mosseni-Ejay, stressed the need for decisive action without tolerance on the 25th, hinting at further spurs in the conflict.
In a statement issued on behalf of the EU, Rousseff Borrell, the European Union’s high-level foreign affairs and security policy representative, said, “The widespread and excessive use of force (by the Iranian authorities) against non-violent protesters is unjustifiable or is unacceptable for the EU and its member states. action,” he criticized.
“Iranian authorities are severely restricting access to the internet and blocking instant messaging platforms,” he said.
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