'Mahsa Amini is basically the igniter for this uprising. Everybody who was watching Iranian society knew that the entire society was a power kick. It was ripe for any kind of spark. Masha Amini's death was a spark this time around.'
Thousands of people formed a human chain across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to protest the death of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini.The death of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini is sparking outrage worldwide. In the Bay Area, demonstrators descended on the Golden Gate Bridge and gathered at Union Square Sunday to call attention to her death.
On the Golden Gate Bridge and at Union Square, demonstrators were angry about what happened thousands of miles away in Iran. And they're demanding justice for Amini's death. "Mahsa Amini. What does she mean to me? I'm her mother she didn't know she had. She's my daughter. I'm her mother," said Mariyam Ghijar, a demonstrator."I think government thought she was no one. She was 22 years old, not from the capitol," said Khosravi.
Demonstrations across the Bay Area are raising awareness and, for people like Ann Kutchins, it's making a difference.Some say Amini's death has become a spark for change.
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