Several cities across the globe held protests on Saturday in support of the Iranian protest movement, which was started as a result of Mahsa Amini’s murder after being detained by the morality police.
According to the organisers, Iranians joined in solidarity marches in more than 150 locations around the world on Saturday, travelling from Tokyo to San Francisco through London and Paris.
Around a thousand people marched in Rome to the beat of the drums.
Simona Viola, the head of the tiny centrist party “+Europe,” was quoted by the Italian Press Agency as saying, “We want justice for Mahsa Amini and all victims of the ruthless and senseless violence of the authorities, as well as freedom of choice for our Iranian sisters” (AGI).
According to AFP, protestors in Tokyo held up posters of Mahsa Amini, “We won’t stop” placards, and images of women cutting their hair and burning their headscarves.
“It is time for Iranian leaders to hear this worldwide cry and halt the violence against their people,” the US envoy to Iran, Robert Malley, wrote on Twitter.
According to images released by the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights Organization, Iranians in the city of Saqqaz in the Iranian Kurdistan province—where Mahsa Amini comes from—went out on Friday night for the sixteenth consecutive night.
One of the key protest movement’s catchphrases was chanted by a group of women and men on one of the streets as they raised their hands and chanted, “Women, life, freedom.”
Amnesty International, on the other hand, denounced the “merciless” use of force by the security forces, pointing out the use of live ammunition and beatings to put down protests.
The rallies are being driven by outside forces, particularly the United States, according to the Iranian government, who accuses the protesters of sowing “chaos.”
After Mahsa Amini’s passing was announced on September 16, protests broke out, and their suppression resulted in the deaths of at least 83 individuals. Mahsa, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd who had been detained for disobeying Iran’s rigorous dress code, which calls for women to cover their heads with the hijab, passed away three days after her arrest.
150 cities around the world have marched in support of Iranians.
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