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| Women hold photos of Iran's Mahsa Amini as they shout slogans during a protest against his death, outside Iran's consulate general in Istanbul, Turkey, September 21, 2022. (AP) |
Tehran - The death of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022 after being detained by Iranian police sparked unprecedented protests.
To commemorate the first anniversary of his death, thousands of people across the country took to the streets to demonstrate, quoted from the BBC page, Sunday (17/9/2023).
In Iran, Amini's father, Amjad, was detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and warned not to commemorate his daughter's death.
This information was obtained according to human rights groups including the Kurdish support group Hengaw, and the Norway-based Iranian Human Rights Group.
Iran's IRNA news agency denied this and later reported that security forces had thwarted an attempt to assassinate Amjad Amini.
Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network reported that family members of people killed in protests sparked by Amini's death had also been arrested or threatened.
Chronology of the Mahsa Amini Case: Hijab, Moral Police, to Big Demonstrations
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| People protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran, during a demonstration in central Rome, October 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) |
The following is the chronology of the Mahsa Amini case as summarized by various sources:
13 September 2022: Wearing the Hijab Wrong
Based on an AP News report, Mahsa Amini was arrested on September 13 in Tehran. He is not actually from Tehran, but only visited from the Kurdish region in western Iran.
The reason she was arrested by the morality police was because she did not wear the hijab properly. In accordance with the provisions applicable in Iran.
September 16 2022: Lives Lost
Mahsa Amini collapsed while at the police station. Three days later he was declared dead.
The police denied committing violence against Mahsa Amini. The cause of the woman's death was said to be heart problems.
However, Amnesty Iran said Mahsa Amini's death was suspicious. They asked for a criminal investigation into the moral police.
"All agents and officials responsible must face justice," Amnesty Iran wrote on Twitter. Community protests began.
September 17, 2022: Funeral
Al Arabiya reported that Mahsa Amini was buried on Saturday, September 17 2022. Demonstrations also broke out on the day of the funeral.
The demonstrators gathered in Saqez, the city where Mahsa Amini lives. They criticized Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khomenei.
September 18, 2022: Iranian President Calls Victim's Family
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| Protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran. Doc: AP Photo |
On Sunday (18/9), Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called Mahsa Amini's family. According to a report on the Iran International website, the government promised to resolve this case.
"Your daughters and all Iranian girls are my children too, and the feeling of this incident is like losing my dearest children," he said.
September 19, 2022: Police Statement vs. Victim's father
The victim's father, Amjad Amini, admitted that his daughter was beaten while in the police car. This is different from the police statement which said Mahsa Amini died due to heart problems.
"It's not clear how he was beaten. The women who were in the ambulance said he was hit in the head," Amjad Amini told Kurdish media outlet Rudaw.
Amjad Amini also emphasized that the news on Iranian television that his daughter had collapsed due to illness was fake news.
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