The young woman Mahsa Amini, who died on Friday after falling into a coma at a police station after allegedly suffering a heart attack, was buried in Iran on Saturday. Amini was arrested by the so-called Islamic morality police for not wearing the mandatory hijab in the Ayatollahs’ country.
Eyewitnesses said Mahsa Amini, 22, was beaten while inside a police van when she was arrested in Tehran on Tuesday. The police denied the accusations, claiming that Amini "suffered a sudden heart problem.” Amini was arrested for "re-education" for not wearing a headscarf as prescribed by Islamic fanatics.
Thousands of people attended the young woman's funeral in her hometown of Aychi in the Saqqez region of Iranian Kurdistan. After the burial, hundreds of people protested outside the governor's office over the young woman's death, reports the daily newspaper IranWire. A protest that was met with gunfire by the Islamic republic's security forces.
🎥تیراندازی نیروهای امنیتی به سوی معترضان در سقز
امروز پس از خاکسپاری #مهسا_امینی که پس از بازداشت توسط گشت ارشاد جانش را از دست داد،هزاران نفر از مردم معترض #سقز،مقابلفرمانداری این شهر تجمع کردند.این تجمع با دخالت نیروهای امنیتی و تیراندازی به سمت معترضان همراه بود.#اعتراضات pic.twitter.com/iJMTB3XIoY- ایران وایر (@iranwire) September 17, 2022
Videos sent to IranWire show angry residents tearing up pictures of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the streets of Tehran and comparing the Iranian regime to ISIS terrorists. "Death to the dictator," was heard in front of the hospital where Amini died.
🎥پاره کردن بنر خامنهای توسط معترضان در سقز
🔸پس از خاکسپاری #مهسا_امینی مردم شهر سقز مقابل فرمانداری این شهر تجمع اعتراضی کردند.
به گزارش شهروندخبرنگار تعدادی از مردم معترض بنری که تصویر #خامنهای بر روی روی آن بود را در ابتدای خیابان خیابان جمهوری #سقز،پایین کشیدند و لگد مال کردند. pic.twitter.com/2fHG8mac0h- ایران وایر (@iranwire) September 17, 2022
Protests in Mahsa Amini's hometown were repelled by security forces. Neighbors reported Internet slowdowns and disconnected cell phone data access in some areas. The local media has reported at least 13 people who have been injured by the Iranian police.
🎥معترضان سقز را به خاک و خون کشیدند
میلاد علوی خبرنگار گزارش گزارش کرده که ماموران با گلوله ساچمهای ساچمهای به سمت تجمع کنندگان مقابل فرمانداری، شلیک شلیک کردهاند و تعدادی از معترضان هم مجروح شدهاند شدهاند.#اعتراضات #کردستان #سقز #مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/xiKLIPKKg0a
- ایران وایر (@iranwire) September 17, 2022
