Several people were arrested this Saturday in Iran after demonstrations in the capital, protesting the death of a young woman after being detained by Customs police for violating the Islamic dress code.
Mahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on September 13 and died three days after being arrested in Tehran by Customs Police for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code, where the veil is compulsory for all women. in public spaces, triggering a series of attacks. demonstrations and a wave of international outrage.
The Iranian authorities responded with violence to the protests, where many women participated without a veil and chanted anti-government slogans, according to the French news agency France-Presse (AFP), which denounces the difficulty in estimating the number of participants and detainees. due to the imposition of restrictions on the use of the internet.
Dozens of people, mainly protesters but also members of the security forces, were killed during the protests and there are hundreds of people, including women, who were detained, says AFP, without giving concrete figures.
According to the Iranian government, the protests, which also include the closure of several establishments, are being orchestrated by the United States.
“The Americans continue to exchange messages with us, but they are trying to provoke” the protest movement, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said during a visit to Armenia, in a video released by his ministry today.
The United States “is trying to exert political and psychological pressure on Iran to obtain concessions in the nuclear negotiations,” he added, referring to indirect talks between Tehran and Washington, mediated by the European Union.
Source: TSF
