The youth movement that erupted after the murder of the young Kurdish woman was killed in September contrasts with the Iranian protests, which will soon enter their third month.
In order to protest the arrest of hundreds of students who took part in the demonstrations the previous period and the intimidation of their families, students at the northern Bhashti university called for a strike today, Saturday. They chose not to attend class and instead organised a protest.
The Lorestan neighbourhood group in the country’s southwest has called for widespread protests this evening, just like in the north and south.
They criticised “this corrupt system” in their statement, emphasising how “it becomes weaker day by day in its suppression of young people.”
” It is noteworthy that since the death of Amini, 22, on September 16, three days after her arrest by the Ethics Police during a visit to Tehran with her younger brother, by claiming that she violated the strict clothing rules imposed, and the demonstrations were not subside in the country.
Three years ago, when she passed away, university and school students, as well as women and girls in various governorates, led unprecedented protests in Iran.
As the security forces violently engaged the protesters, hundreds of them were killed. Human rights advocates reported that 47 minors were among the 314 protesters who died in the unrest.
At least 14,170 people were arrested, including 392 students, in those protests that came out in 136 cities, town and 134 universities..
Iran’s protests have resumed from south to north.
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