Women’s rights in Iran – On the 1st anniversary of Amini’s death: father temporarily arrested – News

  • On the anniversary of Jina Mahsa Amini’s death, the situation in Iran’s Kurdish province is tense.
  • The first arrests have already been made in the Kurdish areas of Iran.
  • In addition, according to human rights organizations, Amini’s father was temporarily arrested, which Tehran denies.
  • Meanwhile, people all over the world are demonstrating for the protest icon.

Shortly after his arrest on the first anniversary of the protest icon’s death by units of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the father was brought back home, the Paris-based group Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported on X, formerly Twitter. Amjad Amini was warned not to mark the anniversary of his daughter’s death before he was released.

The Norway-based human rights organization Hengaw had previously reported the arrest. Iran’s state media then dismissed the news as a “false report.”

The state news agency IRNA reported, citing “informed circles,” that Amini’s father was at home. According to the Kurdish activists, the man was briefly interrogated. Amini’s family is said to have been intimidated in recent weeks.

Arrests in Kurdish areas

According to a report, Iran’s secret service reported several arrests in the Kurdish areas. In the early hours of the morning, several people were arrested for taking photos and videos of shops, the Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday. Tasnim is considered the mouthpiece of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). “These people (…) tried to create insecurity and were arrested by the security and intelligence services of the Kurdistan Province.”

Condolences and demonstrations on the 1st anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death

On Friday, residents of the Kurdish regions announced that they wanted to make their displeasure known by closing shops on the first anniversary of the death of protest icon Mahsa Amini. There were initially no calls for street protests due to fears of renewed violent action by the security forces.

Amini’s hometown cordoned off

Meanwhile, there was a state of emergency in the Kurdish areas. Amini’s hometown of Saghes was sealed off before the anniversary of her death. In other cities, too, the power apparatus took precautions against possible new protests.

There is also a rally in Switzerland


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Several hundred people demonstrated in Basel. The national demonstration by the group “Free Iran Switzerland” started at the Elisabethenanlage and moved towards the barracks. The demonstrators included almost exclusively Iranian exiles and representatives of the Kurdish community, as a reporter from Keystone-SDA noted on site. A police contingent accompanied the demonstrators.

The demonstrators called on Switzerland to change its policy towards Iran. For example, they demanded that Switzerland take over the EU sanctions against Iran and that funds from regime members be blocked.

This Saturday marks the first anniversary of Amini’s death, which triggered the worst uprisings in Iran in decades in autumn 2022. Islamic moral watchdogs arrested the then 22-year-old because she was allegedly wearing a headscarf incorrectly. What exactly happened afterwards remains unclear to this day – the young woman ultimately fell into a coma and died in a hospital.

Parents in the crosshairs of the justice system

Amini’s parents early on expressed doubts about the state’s claim that their daughter had died as a result of an illness. They gave numerous interviews to local and international media and thus found themselves in the crosshairs of the judiciary.

Thousands of people flocked to Amini’s funeral. Starting in the Kurdish regions, the protests spread like wildfire.

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