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Sunday, October 2, 2022
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'Crowds pledged solidarity with Iranians after woman dies in custody of morality police'
Michelle Allan · from CBC News ·
Demonstrators
burn a scarf at a protest against the Iranian government on Sunday. The
protest was inspired by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman
who'd been arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly wearing her
hijab improperly. (David Bates/CBC)
With
the death of a young Iranian woman in police custody sparking
demonstrations around the world, hundreds of people also took to the
streets of Ottawa Sunday to protest against the Iranian government.
The 22-year-old woman died last week
while in custody of Iran's morality police. Mahsa Amini was arrested
for allegedly wearing a hijab improperly, and while police said she died of a heart attack and was not mistreated, her family has cast doubt on that account.
"This
could have happened to [any] one of us," said Taraneh, a protester who
lived in Iran for about 30 years. CBC is withholding her last name due
to her safety concerns.
Taraneh said she and her sister were once
arrested by the morality police while in Iran and held for five or six
hours. She said she's frustrated that Iranian women are forced to
comply with the strict hijab requirements.
It's the 2nd protest this week in Metro Vancouver following death of Mahsa Amini, 22
CBC News ·
Thousands
of people rallied in Vancouver on Sunday in solidarity with protesters
in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. (Janella Hamilton/CBC News)
Thousands
of people gathered on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday
before marching through downtown to add their voices to protests calling
on Iran to end laws requiring women to wear hijabs in public as well as
to abolish the country's use of capital punishment.
The
Iranian woman died last week after she was arrested by Iran's morality
police for "unsuitable attire" after she allegedly wore a hijab
improperly.
Her death has reignited anger over restrictions on
personal freedoms in Iran, including the strict dress codes for women
and an economy reeling from government sanctions.
Protests
over Amini's death have spread across at least 46 cities, towns and
villages in Iran. There has also been condemnation from
Western countries and the United Nations, as well as protests in
solidarity abroad.
On Sunday there were protests in London where
violence broke out. In Canada, a protest similar to Vancouver's was held
in Ottawa.
Tammy Sadeghi was one of the organizers of the rally in Vancouver on Sunday.
"We're
here to support the Iranian movement in Iran, especially since women
came onto the street because they have been fed up with this regime the
last 42 years," Sadeghi said.
"They've been fighting day and night to push back the Islamic regime."
Tammy
Sadeghi was one of the organizers of a rally in Vancouver in support of
protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini. (Janella Hamilton/CBC News)
Many
at the rally said they want an end to laws that require women to wear
hijabs. They also want an end to capital punishment in Iran and the
release of political prisoners — all examples of the regime's brutality.
Iranian
police have denied mistreating Amini and claim she died of a heart
attack. The country's authorities say they are investigating.
Protests in Iran have resulted in the deaths of both protesters and police and the arrests of demonstrators.
After gathering at the Vancouver Art Gallery, protesters against Iran's regime marched through the downtown area of the city. (Isabelle Raghem/CBC News)
Honieh Barzegari said
she attended the rally in Vancouver to speak out for human rights in
Iran. She said she was impressed with how diverse the crowd was.
"We
need to stay united, not just Iranian people. We want the world to
stand with us. Hold our hands, tap on our shoulders and be our voices,"
she said.
'Human lives matter, Iranian lives matter. Iranian women's lives matter. We all matter."
We’ll
give our lives to Ayatollah Khamenei’ – Tehran recruits radical
militias to crush Iranian protests over hijab woman who died in police
custody
A
woman takes part in a protest in Nicosia, Cyprus, following the death of
Mahsa Amini in Iran. Photo: Reuters/Yiannis Kourtoglou
Ahmed Vahdat
Iran has recruited extremist foreign militias to clamp down on
growing demonstrations in cities across the country, it emerged
yesterday.
Militias
from Syria, Lebanon and Iraq calling themselves “the volunteers from
Islamic lands” announced in a social media post online that they were
joining the Tehran regime’s clampdown on public dissent.
As demonstrators continued to protest
against the fate of Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after being
arrested for incorrectly wearing a hijab, the militia group said it was
“spontaneously formed” and its members are “willing to give their lives
to Ayatollah Khamenei”.
Its members are followers of Qassem
Suleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force who was killed by a US
drone attack in January last year.
Iranian opposition groups have identified
them as radical Shia militias that take their orders directly from
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Iran’s foreign ministry yesterday
summoned the British ambassador to complain about “the presence of media
outlets in London that instigate riot and destruction in Iran”. BBC
Persian, ManoTo and Iran International TV operate from London and have
covered Iran’s protests through their satellite channels.
Also yesterday, hundreds of British
Iranians gathered at Iran’s embassy in London to support the protests
and call on the British government to sever diplomatic ties with Tehran.
There were clashes with police during the demonstration and at least
one person was arrested.
Protests continued across Iranian cities
yesterday with public figures increasingly siding with the protesters
and condemning the regime’s heavy-handed response, which has led to at
least 80 deaths, according to unconfirmed reports.
Demonstrations also took place around the
world, including in Glasgow where a large group carried signs which
read “Hijab murder” and “no to Islamic Republic of Iran”. Women were
seen shaving their heads as part of the protest.
In a video message from Zurich, where he
is president of the international competition jury at the city’s film
festival, Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi invited artists all
around the world to demonstrate their solidarity with the Iranian people
“during these challenging times”.
“This society, especially these women,
has travelled a harsh and painful path to this point, and now they have
clearly reached a landmark,” he said.
Internet and phone lines have been cut
off in Ms Amini’s home province of Kurdistan. In the Kurdish town of
Oshnaviyeh, protesters drove the local Revolutionary Guards out of their
barracks and seized bases used by the Basij militias, who act as the
regime’s foot soldiers.
Meanwhile, Iranian lawyers have called on the United Nations to hold a referendum on the governance of the country.
“In the previous historic cases of free
elections in Chile and South Africa, where the UN acted in accordance
with its charter to uphold peace and security of the world, the outcome
led to change of regimes in a peaceful way,” Saeid Dehghan, a member of
the International Association of Lawyers, said.
“There is no reason why the same cannot
be applied to Iran’s situation, where a repressive regime is rejected by
millions of its citizens,” he added.
Telegraph Media Group Limited [2022]
Honieh Barzegari attended the rally for Iran in Vancouver on Sunday Sept. 25, 2022. (Janella Hamilton/CBC News)
In
Vancouver, police said that the large crowd on Sunday delayed travel
through the downtown core and asked people to avoid the area until the
rally ended around 8:30 p.m. PT
With files from Janella Hamilton, Jon Azpiri, Thomson Reuters and the Associated Press
In downtown Montreal on Tuesday afternoon, demonstrators formed a
human chain along Sherbrooke Street in front of McGill University's
iconic Roddick Gates.
It was a move to honour protesters in Iran who have lost their lives for standing up to that country's regime.
"We want to remember everyone who has been killed or murdered by this brutal regime," Banafsheh Cheraghi told CBC Montreal's Let's Go on Tuesday.
Cheraghi
used to be a journalist in Iran and was one of the organizers of the
Montreal event. She said participants were holding up photos of those
who died under the regime.
"Everyone is really united in this," she said. "We all share this feeling."
The demonstration was one of many across Canada and around the world as protests continue in most of Iran's 31 provinces.
The
protests erupted in Iran just over a week ago, after Mahsa Amini, a
22-year-old Kurdish woman, died after falling into a coma following her
detention in Tehran by morality police enforcing hijab rules on women's
dress.
According to Iran's state media, at least 41 people have
been killed during the protests. The state deployed live ammunition
against demonstrators and has beefed up security forces in Kurdish areas
of western Iran, where the protests have been concentrated.'
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