This Wednesday, October 26 marks the fortieth day following the death of the young Iranian Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of the morality police. A highly symbolic date which traditionally marks the end of mourning in this country and which could give new impetus to mobilization.
Tensions remain extremely high across Iran, 40 days after the death of the young Iranian Kurd Mahsa Aminiwho died on September 16 after being arrested by the morality police in Tehran for wearing the veil deemed incorrect.
Once again, students demonstrated on Tuesday, October 25 in several universities in the country to denounce the repression exerted by the security forces, accused of having beaten schoolgirls the day before. “ We will fight, we will die, we will retake Iran! chanted protesters at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran.
Threat to Mahsa Amini’s family
And new demonstrations are to take place this Wednesday in the capital, but also in provincial towns, reports our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi. The authorities have taken measures to try to prevent these gatherings. Riot police were deployed in the capital on Tuesday. Likewise, schools, colleges and universities will remain closed on Wednesday in Kurdistan province, Mahsa Amini’s native region, and in the city of Ardebil, which saw violent demonstrations last week. Official reason given: the spread of the flu in these two regions.
According to several activists, the security forces also warned his parents of Mahsa Amini: no commemoration ceremony, as is normally the tradition for a 40ᵉ day of mourning, nor meeting around his grave. A press release published Tuesday evening by the official press agency Irna confirms the information.
His brother’s life would also be threatened to prevent the family from defying the ban. For several days, none of her relatives have spoken to the media, but human rights activists are still expecting tributes at the young woman’s grave.
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Two members of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of Iran, were shot dead by unidentified people on Tuesday in Zahedan, in the southeast. This region was affected by several days of violence sparked on September 30 during demonstrations against the rape of a young girl attributed to a policeman, which left at least 93 dead according to the NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR).
At least 234 people have died since the start of the mobilizations, according to the IHR. Hundreds of people have been arrested and their relatives denounce torture and rape committed in prison.
WATCH THIS Icelandic CLAPPING performed Tuesday, October 25 by students from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, where male and female students managed to enter this place together, however prohibited from mixing, 40 days after the death of #MahsaAmini in #Iran pic.twitter.com/eErU72CLje
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