Government Hinders First Death Anniversary Celebration of Mahsa Amini
Reports have emerged that the Iranian government has prohibited the commemoration of Mahsa Amini’s first death anniversary. Amini, who lost her life in Iran after a brutal beating by Takarya police, has become a symbol for the ongoing fight for human rights. Human rights organizations claim that Amini’s father, Amjad Amini, was detained to prevent him from holding the annual ceremony.
The ban on Amini’s family attending her first birthday celebration has sparked intensified protests both within Iran and worldwide, according to sources. It is reported that upon learning of the event, the government imprisoned Amjad Amini in his hometown of Sakas. Iranian human rights groups assert that authorities released Amini only after he was warned against hosting a memorial service at his daughter’s grave. However, Iran’s state news agency IRNA refutes these allegations.
A Catalyst for Change
Amini’s tragic death resulted in the birth of the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement, igniting a year-long wave of protests in Iran. Protest organizers, adopting pseudonyms to safeguard their loved ones still residing in Iran, hailed Amini as an emblem of revolution. Demonstrators raised Iranian flags and chanted slogans demanding an end to the death penalty in Iran and the release of all prisoners in the nation. Shockingly, among the photographs of victims killed by police during the protests were children as young as 9 years old. In the United States, where solidarity protests were organized, the call for unity resounded strongly.
Amini’s murder has not only galvanized resistance against the Iranian regime but has also prompted a fundamental reassessment of women’s autonomy and the oppressive conditions imposed upon them by religious authorities.
The Tragic Circumstances
Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, met her untimely demise on September 16, 2022, in Tehran, the capital of Iran. She had traveled from her native village to the city but fell victim to the religious police officer responsible for enforcing Sharia law. Amini was detained for allegedly violating the mandatory hijab dress code and was struck by a police car, resulting in severe injuries. The Religious Affairs Police initially claimed that Amini, who had been taken to the police station, died from a heart attack two days later. However, a subsequent post-mortem report exposed the actual cause of death as cerebral hemorrhage and paralysis resulting from brutal torture.
The Iranian government responded to the ensuing protests, primarily spearheaded by the Kurdish population within the country, with excessive force. Unofficial estimates indicate that over 1,000 individuals lost their lives, and approximately 10,000 were imprisoned, including women, children, and students. Women demonstrated their opposition by publicly burning hijabs. This tumultuous period also triggered a mass exodus from Iran, eventually leading to a gradual decline in protests. Yet, on the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s tragic passing, reports indicate that both domestic and international protests are intensifying once again.
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mNews that the government has stopped the celebration of the first death anniversary of Mahsa Amini, who was killed in Iran after being brutally beaten by Takarya police. Human rights groups claimed the father was detained to prevent him from performing the annual ceremony. Amini’s father, Amjad Amini, was banned from the first birthday celebrations, but protests continued across the country, according to reports. State media also reported that a number of “counter-revolutionaries” and “terrorists” had been arrested across Iran, and reports said security forces had thwarted plans to hold illegal demonstrations and cause unrest in the country.
After reports that Mahsa Amini’s family were banned from her first birthday celebrations, protests are again intensifying around the world, according to reports. After getting the information that Amini’s first birthday celebration will be held, the government imprisoned Amjad Amini’s father in his native Sakas. Human rights groups in Iran claimed that authorities released Amini after warning him not to hold a memorial service at his grave. But Iran’s state news agency IRNA denied this news.
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Amini’s assassination sparked the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement and a year of protests in Iran. “Mahza Gina, you are not dead. You are not destroyed. Your name has become the key to a revolution,” said Nia, one of the protest organizers who used a pseudonym to protect her loved ones in Iran. Protesters waved Iranian flags and chanted slogans such as “Stop the death penalty in Iran” and “Free all prisoners in Iran”. According to reports, among the photos of Iranians killed by the police during protests were children as young as 9 years old. In the protests organized in the United States, slogans of ‘we must unite’ were raised. Mahsa Amini’s murder opened the way for a new way of thinking about women’s freedom and the slavery imposed on women by religious authority.
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On September 16, 2022, death awaited Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd who came from her native village to Tehran, the capital of Iran. Mahsa Amini, a religious police officer who monitors compliance with Sharia law, was arrested for allegedly not wearing a hijab properly and was hit directly by a police car, injuring her. The Religious Affairs Police later said that Amini, who was taken to the police station, died of a heart attack two days later. However, after the post-mortem report revealed that the cause of death was cerebral haemorrhage and paralysis following brutal torture, protests were sparked first in Iran and then around the world.
However, the Iranian government used weapons against the protesters who organized inside the country led by the Kurds. According to unofficial estimates, more than 1,000 people were killed and 10,000 imprisoned. This included women, children and students. Women protested by burning hijabs in public. Following that, there was a mass exodus from Iran, and the protests slowly subsided. On the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death, reports say protests are intensifying in Iran and around the world.
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