The wave of protests rocking Iran is the country’s worst in years.
It started with the death of Mahsa Zhina Amini.
Mahsa Zhina Amini, 22, was a Kurdish woman from northwestern Iran who was arrested by the Iranian regime’s morality police on September 13 in Tehran. The reason for that was that she was not considered to be wearing her headscarf correctly.
She was put in custody. Something happened there, which meant that she had to be rushed to hospital and ended up in a coma.
Police say she suffered a heart attack. That information is disputed by Amini’s family, who claim that she was subjected to severe violence to the head.
On September 16, Mahsa Zhina Amini died in the hospital.
Her body was brought back to her hometown for burial. Spontaneous protests then erupted there, which developed into a demonstration where women took off their veils – hijabs – and chanted slogans.
The protests quickly spread across the country – to most of Iran’s 31 provinces. Where they have been going ever since.
The demonstrations have been repeatedly put down with brutal violence by the regime’s security forces.
Demonstrations of support with tens of thousands of participants have been held in many countries around the world. Also in Sweden.
Today, Saturday 29 October, hundreds have gathered in Stockholm to demonstrate in support of the struggle of the Iranian people.