Clashes broke out throughout Iran as thousands of people came to the burial site of Mahsa Amini to mark 40 days since her death, semi-official Iranian state news agency ISNA said.
Protests have swept through the Islamic Republic following the death of the 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, who died on September 16 after being detained by “morality police” and taken to a “re-education center,” allegedly for not abiding by the country’s conservative dress code. Nationwide protests took place in Iran on Wednesday to mark 40 days since Amini died, an important day of mourning in Iranian and Islamic tradition.
said security forces “did not prevent” protesters from visiting Amini’s grave in Saqqez, which is also her birthplace, but reported that clashes took place after people left the site. “There were no clashes between mourners and police at the burial site, most were chanting Kurdish slogans, some moved towards the city with the intention of clashes, one of them raised the Kurdish flag,”
reported that following “outbreaks and scattered clashes” the internet in “Saqqez city was cut off due to security considerations.” There is no law in Iran that says the government cannot ban religious ceremonies if the state believes there are security concerns. The government has in the past banned and attacked religious ceremonies claiming safety reasons and have in other cases reached out to families to ask them to refrain from holding public mourning ceremonies.
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