18 minutes agoIran arrests nine women's rights activists
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(3 years ago)Iran's security forces have arrested nine women's rights activists in several cities in the northern province of Gilan. This development comes at a time when authorities are continuing to print on the eve of Mahsa Ammin's first death anniversary, which died while in custody under suspicion of having violated [...]
This development comes at a time when authorities are continuing to print on the eve of Mahsa Amin's first anniversary of his death, which died while in custody under suspicion of violating rules for wearing hijab, or headscarf.
Among those arrested on 16 August are: Mateen Yazdani, Forough Samiovicnia, Yasmin Hasdari, Jelve Javaheri, Zahra Dadras, Negin Rezaei, Shiva Shahshiah, and Vahehdeh Khosh Sirat announced activists via social networks.
The reasons for their arrest or the whereabouts of those arrested have not yet been made public, and officials have not yet commented on the issue.
Speaking to Radio Farda of Free Europe Radio, women's rights applicant Mansoureh Shojae said arresting activists appears to be part of a broader Islamic leadership strategy to manage the first anniversary of Amen's death on September 16th. She stressed that most of those arrested, including Javaheri, Samimania and Yazdani, have been women's rights activists for more than two decades.
At least 500 people have been killed since protests erupted after Amin's death, an Iranian-Kurdish woman who was arrested while visiting Tehran. She was arrested under suspicion that she had violated Islamic dress codes.
Protests began in response to the brutal implementation of the forced headscarves legislation, but soon turned into the biggest protests since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979.
Officials have blamed the West for prompting protests and have vowed to press protests even more severely.
Several thousand people have been arrested, including journalists, lawyers, activists, and others.
