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PARIS: Iranian mourners gathered Wednesday at the grave of Mahsa Amini to mark 40 days since her death, defying heightened security measures as part of a bloody crackdown on women-led protests. “Woman, life, freedom” and “Death to the dictator,” dozens of men and women chanted at the Aichi cemetery in Saqez, Amini’s home town in the western province of Kurdistan, in videos

Today marks 40 days since Amini’s death and the end of the traditional mourning period in Iran.

In defiance of warnings by the authorities, Iranians flocked to the grave of Mahsa Amini on October 26 to mark 40 days since her death as nationwide protests continued despite a bloody crackdown.

Marking end of traditional mourning period, thousands filmed streaming to gravesite through roads and fields despite police warning that family must not hold event

Mourners made their way to the cemetery in the Kurdish city of Saqez, despite the heavy security presence and road blocks. Wednesday marked the end of the mourning period in Islam, with 40 days since her death.

Dozens defy authorities and flock to cemetery to mark 40 days since death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman

Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters who massed in their thousands on Wednesday in Mahsa Amini's hometown to mark 40 days since her death, a human rights group said."Security forces have shot tear gas and opened fire on people in Zindan square, Saqez city," Hengaw, a Norway-based group that monitors rights violations in Iran's Kurdish regions, tweeted without specifying whether there were any dead or wounded.

Mourners made their way to the cemetery in the Kurdish city of Saqez, despite the heavy security presence and road blocks

Despite heightened security measures, columns of mourners had poured into Saqez in the western Kurdistan province to pay tribute to Amini at her grave following mourning period

No immediate word on casualties; rights group says mourners poured into Saqez despite heightened security measures; strikes reported there and in other cities