Moment that mattered: The death of Mahsa Amini sparks a wave of protests in Iran On 16th September a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish origin died in custody three days after being arrested by Iran’s morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab, a compulsory head covering for women, too loosely. When images of Mahsa Amini in a coma taken shortly after her arrest circulated on social media they sparked outrage; protesters […]
For more than two months, Iran has been rocked by protests ignited by the death of 22-year-old Mahsi Amini at the hands of the morality police. The unrest has…
Activists have called on football fans attending Iran's matches at the World Cup starting later this month to chant the name of Mahsa Amini, whose death in
see different individual and collective acts of resistance that has been going on. an outside the countries, they are asking the international community to take action, for the g7 countries to cut their diplomatic ties with the iranian government, for the un human rights council to hold a session on women s rights inside iran, for the council and decide something, and what is happening in iran from that. negin shiraghaei, thank you for updating us on the disappearance of elnaz rekabi. to france now and the main union the cgt has called for a nationwide strike today, as they demand real wage increases of at least 10%. the latest action is set against the backdrop of fuel shortages caused by weeks of strikes by oil workers.