The position is strong and symbolic. Twelve foreign ministers, led by Canadian Mélanie Joly and including Catherine Colonna, jointly condemned on Wednesday the violent crackdown on women’s rights protests in Iran, which have been going on for 40 days.
“As foreign ministers, we feel a responsibility to echo the voices of Iranian women,” say ministers from Albania, Andorra, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, Kosovo, Libya, Liechtenstein, New Zealand and Norway in a joint statement. .
“Solidarity”
The twelve leaders express their “solidarity with the brave Iranian women who exercise their right to peaceful assembly and defend their fundamental rights.”
The ministers also condemned the “violent application” of the veil law in Iran and “the continuous repression of protesters”, which has left at least 141 dead, including children, according to a new report released Tuesday by the NGO Iran Human. Rights (IHR). ), based in Oslo.
Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman of Kurdish origin, died on September 16, three days after being arrested in Tehran by morality police who accused her of violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code, including imposing veil for women
His death sparked a wave of protests that continues across Iran. Young women and schoolgirls took to the front line, many bareheaded, burning their veils and defying security forces.
Source: BFM TV
