Mahsa Amini

Mahsa (Zhina) Amini was born in September 2000 in Saqez. She was arrested by the morality police during a family trip to Tehran. According to witnesses and evidence, police forces heavily assaulted her after the arrest. She died three days later in Kasra Hospital in Tehran. Her murder became a trigger for the widespread uprising in Iran.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='42071'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3f94G6Y'> Mahsa Amini was arrested near Haghani subway station by the morality police (the Guidance Patrol). Her brother Kiarash (Ashkan) Amini and a few of their relatives were with them. Regarding her arrest, Kiarash told IranWire that he objected to the officers and told them not to arrest his sisters, but one of them grabbed and twisted his arm. He added that the officers told him Mahsa will be taken to security police and will be released after a one-hour educational class. After the van left, Mr. Amini also went to the security police, where dozens of families were waiting for their loved ones; then he hears shouting from the building. The police would not respond to the families, but the girls coming out of the building said: > They killed someone . Families concerned about their loved ones rushed the enterance to see what has happened. The police forces attacked them with teargas and batons. Kiarash Amini told IranWire that his body has been bruised and his eyes are burning as a result. Minutes later, an ambulance left the building without anyone telling him anything. He was still waiting for his sister in front of the police station. About half an hour later, he started shwoing Mahsa's photo to the girls coming out of the building, and one confirmed that it was her who passed out and was taken to hospital. Kiarash Amini then goes to Kasra hospital, where the doctors tell him Mahsa Amini has suffered a heart attack and a brain hemorrhage. They tell him her heart is beating but her brain is dead. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42073'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202209141280'> Journalist Sajjad KhodaKarami told Iran International that Mahsa AMini was assaulted and beaten in the van on the wat to Vozara police station. Khodakarami said his witness was a person who was arrested at the same time, and was being transferred to the police station. The witness told Mr. Khodakarami that when they arrrived at Vozara police station, Ms. Amini announced that she is not feeling well. She was told: > Stop acting, we know your type and the nonsense you say. According to Mr. Khodakarami, teh rest of the people arrested also told the police that Ms. Amini is not well, but the police just beat them in response. Mr. Khodakarami added that the ambulance arrived 20 to 30 minutes after Mahsa Amini lost consciosness. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42072'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3Bw7UZD'> Kiarash AMini, Mahsa Amini's brother, submitted a complaint Tehran's police force. He told IranWire that the judiciary officials told him that he must bring the complaint to Vozara police; he told IranWire: > Meaning bringing the complaint to the same place that killed my sister. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42080'> <reference source='https://www.isna.ir/news/1401062418390'> In response to the reports about Mahsa AMini, Tehran Police announced: > A lady who was brought to a police department of the Greater Tehran for guidance and education along with others, suddenly had a heart attack. She was immediately transferred to the hopsital with the help of police and emegency services, and is now being treated. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42077'> <reference source='https://www.radiozamaneh.com/730738/'> Sources told Radio Zamaneh that Mahsa Amini has gone into a coma from the beatings. A witness who was also arrested and in the van at the time told Radio Zamaneh: > On the way to the police station there was an intense verbal altercation between us and the polce forces. Ms. Amini and I were among those who objected to our arrest. The police forces tried to silence us by assaulting us. That was when Ms. AMini was beaten, but she was conscious until we got to the police station, even though she suddenly seemed physically very weak. Another witness at the police station told Radio Zamaneh: > I was in abig hall at Vozara police station along with dozens of other girls. After a few minutes we realized one of the girls is not feeling well. We asked the agents there to help her. After being ignored repeatedly, we yelled at them because Ms. Amini was very sick and there was no color in her face. Soon other girls joined us and asked for help for her. According to the source, in response to their repeated demands for help, the agents violently attacked them, beating and wounding some. She said minutes later Mahsa lost consciousness. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42110'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3rbgdWl'> Two political parties of PJAK and Kudar condemned the murder of Mahsa AMini and asked the people of Kurdistan province and other parts of Iran to join the national strike on Monday. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42083'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202209163031'> According to Iran International, Mahsa Amini passed away from the severe wounds caused by assault and battery. Hours later people gathered in front of the hospital, and security forces violently arrested some of the protesters. People around Kasra Hospital started chanting against the mandatory hijab and the leader of the Islamic Republic. Videos uploaded online showed cars honking constantly in protest near Argantina Square. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42074'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3DEQNYr'> Mahsa Amini's uncle told Faraz News Agency at the hospital: > She was brain dead. Her heart is now partially working and her kidneys have failed. The doctors told us to pray for her. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42085'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1571130047397781504?s=20&t=S9HegBJ3ZWUjyl3-BJBteA'> Mahsa Amini's funeral was held in Saqez. On her tombston a phrase is written in Kurdish which translates to: > You won't die, your name will become a code." A big crows was gathered for the funeral, which soon turned the event into an altercation with the state. Attendees started chanting against the state and expressing their disgust at the suppression of women. Based on the videos on social media, most of the chants were directed at Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic. Chants such as "death to dictator," and "our shame is our douchebag leader were the most prominant chants. Also women attending the funeral removed their hijabs and started chanting in Kurdish against hijab, which translates to: > Death for a scarf, how long [should ve tolerate] this misery. During the protests the state forces cracked down on protesters and several people were shot in the first few hours. A photo was released of a young man who was shot in the head lying in his own blood on the ground. The security forces intended to bury Mahsa Amini secretly at night, but the family and locals prevented it. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42137'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3OTUxMzM0ODgxMDE4NjU3?story_media_id=2929096865731416864&igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y='> The online women's accessories company Sis Designer announced that in protest to Mahsa Amini's murder it will no longer manufacture and sell scarves and shawls. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42106'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3QTi1NP'> The Cooperation Center for Kurdish Parties asked the people of Kurdistan province to join the public strike. The center consists of several political parties from the Kurdistan province in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42111'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3LwRsgE'> The Transition Management Council also called on Iranian people to show solidarity in the national strike on Monday. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42109'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/PahlaviReza/status/1571149966751723527?s=20&t=qER9utpzs2lkYnRs-tvyjw'> Mr. Reza Pahlavi and Ms. farah Pahlavi, son and wife of former king of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in two separate statements called for national mourning for Zhina Amini on September 18th and 19th. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42112'> <reference source='https://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php/news2/more/102559/'> A group of women's rights activists called for a gathering on Monday in soldiarity with Mahsa Amini's family in Keshavarz Blvd in Tehran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42143'> A number of Iranian women cut their hair in protest to the murder of Mahsa Amini and released the videos on social media, expressing their hatred of the suppression of women in Iran. Iranian actress Anahita Hemmati was among the people who joined this campaign. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42096'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3dqe4CE'> Mahsa Amini's father Amjad Amini told Emtedad: > I swear they killed my daughter. Many of the girls who were with Mahsa called me and said they (police) beat her. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42095'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3dqe4CE'> Amjad Amini, father of Mahsa Amini explained the pressure from the security forces and the rumors made up by the government. Mr. Amini said after the transfer of her daughter's body to the morgue, they didn't allow him to enter the premises and he was finally able to enter the morgue yard with difficulty. The morgue did not respond to the family's enquiries. Amjad Amini went on to say that the security forces were trying to bury his daughter at night. He also mentioned that after Mahsa Amini's death, websites close to the state published her "medical history", claiming that she has had a brain surgery when she was a child, and has a history of epilepsy and diabetes. The family has denied all these claims and her father said that in her 22 years, she has only visited clinics for common cold. He amphasized that "all these rumors are lies." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42108'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202209182174'> Seven Iranian dissident political organizations outside Iran released a joint statement calling the murder of Mahsa Amini "the beginning of the end of Islamic Republic" and supported the statement of Prince Reza Pahlavi. Farashgard, the United New Beginning Association, Iran Change, Iranian Secular Democrat Party, Iranian Constitutional Monarchy Party (Liberal Democrat), the Pan-Iranist Organization abroad, Workers of United Iranians for Democracy are the eight signatories of the statement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42138'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/lalehm123/status/1571421843793248257?s=20&t=hA-5EbgOWPHXVObNCtSVNw'> The manager of Fashion House tweeted: > In response to the barbaric behavior of the morality police, this company will no longer manufacture scarves and we will destroy all the scarves we already have. Another company named Mahish also announced that they no longer sell scarves and shawls. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42180'> The bazar in Kurdistan province went on general strike in protest to the murder of Mahsa Amini. The markets in Kermanshah province and West Azerbaijan province also joined the strike. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42181'> With public protests in Kurdistan province, students in several universities including Amir Kabir, Allameh Tabtabaei, Tarbiat Modarres, Tehran Univeristy, and Isfahan University organized gatherings in protest to the murder of Mahsa Amini. Videos on social media show some girls attended the gatherings without hijabs. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42135'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3f7V9x2'> A source told IranWire that the state-TV is trying to coerce Mahsa's parents into a TV interview/confession. According to the source, The state TV wants them to say Mahsa Amini had comorbidities and a history of surgery. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42182'> With the general strike in Kurdistan province, countrywide protests began in several parts of Iran. From the beginning of the protests, many women came to the streets without hijabs, and people demanded regime change. People angry about the murder of Mahsa Amini, faced the suppression forces and the videos of their resistance went viral on social media. In one case, in Vali Asr Square, boys and girls were able to force a riot water canon truck to retreat. In Kurdistan province the resistance of people in the face of riot forces was supported by the public. In one case, in Divan Darreh people were defending themselves against the state forces by rocks. Reports were coming from dozens of cities that people have started to defend themselves against the violence from state forces and this raised the moral among the protesters across the country and the protests spread to more cities in upcomign days. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42136'> <reference source='https://www.zeitoons.com/105105'> Over 200 university and think tank faculty members around the country released a joint statement in condemnation of Mahsa Amini's murder. The signatories demanded the freedom of clothing for women and abolishing the morality police. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42188'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572304447933677568?s=20&t=oDF816SoMoV1RJWFtIqvDA'> The Anonymous hacker collective released a message addressing the Iranian people and expressed solidarity with the protesters. They expressed their disgust at the regime's human rights violations and treatment of women and the protesters, and said as the regime censors and silences the Iranian people's voices, the collective will do the same to the Islamic Republic. They declared a cyber war against the Islamic Republic and said they will help the Iranian people overthrow their dictators. After the message, Anonymous hacked and shut down the website of the government and the national portal. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42098'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3xEnD7Q'> The UN Human Rights high commissionar demanded objective investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini. He urged the Islamic Republic officials to abolish the laws about mandatory hijab. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42236'> <reference source='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/20/mahsa-aminis-brutal-death-may-be-moment-of-reckoning-iran'> Guardian newspaper published an in-depth report about the countrywide protests in Iran. The report states that the leaders of Iran are afraid of streets that they will no longer be able to control. It goes on to say that the brutal murder of a young woman is a call for more uprising and the regime is finding itself in hot waters. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42179'> On the second day of countrywide protests in Iran, there were clashes between the protesters and the state forces in dozens of cities. Most chants were targetting the Islamic Republic state directly: > We will fight, we will die, we'll take back our Iran; woman, life, freedom; I'll kill whoever killed my sister. In Shahid Beheshti and Tehran University girls took off their head coverings and set them on fire. At Science and Industry University girls removed their hijabs. At Kharazmi University in Karaj, the students stumped on Ali Khamenei's photo. There were also student protests in Yazd, Isfahan, and Tabriz. Using spray paint, protesters in Tehran changed the name of Hijab Street to No Hijab Street. Some women protested without their hijabs and in Tehran, Mashhad, Gorgan, Birjand, Sari, and Hamedan women set fire to their hijabs. Video of a woman in white throwing her hijab on fire and dancing as people cheered went viral on social media. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42546'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3CPI4Sc'> According to IranWire's interview with Mahsa Amini's cousin Erfan Mortezaei, Ms. Amini's family was pressured to accept "the Islamic Republic's narrative" about Mahsa's brain surgery before the arrest. According to Mr. Mortezaei, the security forces intend to tie Mahsa Amini to her cousin, a member of the Communist Party of Iran (Komalah), a dissident organization. Erfan Mortezaei told IranWire: > Since the news of Mahsa's coma broke, the Information Ministry and the IRGC Intelligence have started their spin. The cyber army of the Islamic Republic claims that I took Mahsa out of the country, trained her in politics and security, and then returned her. They also claim that I took her last photo and video in Tehran's subway. Erfan Mortezaei denied any connection between Mahsa and any political party and reported that after burying Mahsa, her nephew Arkan Mortezaei was arrested on the first day of protests and was released on Mahsa's birthday. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42189'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572521377839874049?s=20&t=oDF816SoMoV1RJWFtIqvDA'> In its ongoing cyber war against the Islamic Republic, the Anonymous hacker collective shut down the website of the Central Bank of Iran. The spokesperson for the bank, Mostafa Ghamari Vafa, denied the hacking and said the website was only down for minutes due to the attack on the Central Bank's internet service provider company. A few hours later Anonymous hacktivists shut down the website of Fars News, the news agency with close ties to IRGC. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42176'> On the third day of the national uprising in Iran, there were clashes in dozens of cities between the people and the state forces. Most chants were targeting the state, such as: > Death to dictator; death to Khamenei; our shame is our douchebag leader. In Noshahr, Amol, and Qarchak people occupied the governor's offices, in Tonekabon the municipality, and in Mashhad, Ahmad Abad police station were taken by the protesters. From north to south of Tehran the streets were the scenes of clashes between people and the state forces. According to the reports on social media, a number of protesters were arrested, battered, and killed, and in return people attempted to defend themselves. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42322'> <reference source='https://t.me/Amnesty_International/2211'> 22-year-old Hadis Najaf was shot with pellets in the face, neck, and chest from close range by the security forces and was killed in Karaj city. A few days later Amnesty International announced that the security forces have killed dozens and wounded hundreds. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42227'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1572695017763766274?s=20&t=OFU4GmYkNJUX4r4ej7kQEQ'> JK Rowling, the author of Harry Potter books expressed solidarity with protesters in Iran and asked the world to continue saying her name. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42183'> On the fourth day of the countrywide protests, people's access to the Internet was cut off in most of the country and limited in some parts. The internet blackout raised public concerns since in November 2019 after the Internet blackout, hundreds of protesters were killed by direct shots. However, the protests continued in Tehran, Shahr Qods, Bandar Anzali, Dehdasht, Qeshm, Khorram Abad, Kashmar, Malayer, Isfahan, Sanandaj, Maragheh, Hamedan, and several other cities. Internet blackout led to less videos from the protests on this day. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42190'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/YourAnonSpider/status/1572582347593363457?s=20&t=oDF816SoMoV1RJWFtIqvDA'> In the early hours of the day, the hacktivist collective Anonymous hacked the research center for the Islamic Republic's Legal Medical Organization and gained access to its database, and they shared part of it with the public. Hours later, they announced that they have taken control of over 300 CCTVs across Tehran. The collective went on to hack the website of the president of the Islamic Republic, then the website of the leader Ali Khamenei. Hours later they hacked the website of the state TV and later they announced hacking of over 1000 CCTVs around the city. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42229'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1572974347186479104?s=20&t=OFU4GmYkNJUX4r4ej7kQEQ'> The US State Department announced that it has sanctioned seven Iranian security officials and Iran's morality police, the organization directly responsible for the arrest and murder of Mahsa Amini. According to Iran International, the spokesperson for the US National Security Council said peaceful protests must be a global right. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42228'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1572975145006006272?s=20&t=OFU4GmYkNJUX4r4ej7kQEQ'> The German foreign minister condemned the "brutal attack" on people protesting Mahsa Amini's murder and called it an attack on humanity, saying "we are standing with brave Iranian women". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42230'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1573058868661440526?s=20&t=OFU4GmYkNJUX4r4ej7kQEQ'> American model Haley Bieber shared Mahsa Amini's photo on her Instagram story with her 48 million followers. She explained who Mahsa was and why she was killed. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42237'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1573223574923579392?s=20&t=OiyXiWBB-rILeq1JZjnyTg'> Jake Paul, social media influencer and boxer expressed solidarity with Iranian women and people in a tweet and said they are fighting for their human rights and freedom. He asked athletes to break their silence about Mahsa Amini's murder. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42233'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1573308558849998852?s=20&t=OFU4GmYkNJUX4r4ej7kQEQ'> According to Iran International Salahoddin Demirtash, the incarcerated leader of the People's Democratic party, and Seljuq Mirzakoli, the incarcerated mayor of Diyarbakir in Turkey shaved their heads in support of the protests in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42234'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1573379244268437504?s=20&t=4Smzz-yDIwRyIFv6CyMlsQ'> US Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin tweeted: > We took action today to advance Internet freedom and the free flow of information for the Iranian people, issuing a General License to provide them greater access to digital communications to counter the Iranian government’s censorship. A few hours later Elong Musk replied to the tweet: > Activating Starlink . </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42191'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1573321533543821313?s=20&t=InMCgHhZFcrvYgZX461IwQ'> Anonymous hacker collective hacked the website of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in support of the protesters. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42232'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1573069778021150722?s=20&t=OiyXiWBB-rILeq1JZjnyTg'> Hillary Clinton described Mahsa Amini's death as horrifying in a tweet and said Iranians are protesting for their basic human rights. She emphasized that they deserve a life without violence and terror. She added: The world's eyes are on you. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42550'> <reference source='https://t.me/adll_ali/18'> A group titled "Edalat Ali" released a video claiming that Mahsa Amini was the "pawn" of the Komalah party and lost her life because of it. According to the video released by the group, a "drug" was given to Mahsa Amini by Mr. Mortezaei to move. The video states: > Mahsa traveled 600 km from Kurdistan to Tehran with her brother to execute the orders they were given at a specific place. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42242'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/RicciSimonetti/status/1573584481495269377?s=20&t=4NgURI5r0NU3n2YsxxW0Kw'> German actor Ricardo Simonetti at a red carpet event for a Netflix movie wore a suit that had Mahsa Amini's name on its back. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42239'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/4FreedominIran/status/1573564001992249344?s=20&t=S3uvkVjwRqJH9ec-72duaQ'> Linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky released a video pointing out the violent suppression of Iranian people in previous decades, saying the murder of Mahsa Amini is the cause of the recent protests. He said the Iranian people deserve freedom and justice. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42241'> <reference source='https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/24/mahsa-amini-hijab-west-biden-iran/'> An op-ed in the Washington Post about the Iranian uprising said although it seems the security forces are in control in Iran, the signs of collapse is much bigger than in the last weeks of Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42235'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B50wykpWO7g'> British singer and musician Roger Waters released a video in support of the countrywide protests in Iran after the murder of Mahsa Amini. Addressing the leader of Iran as Mr. Ayatollah, he said Mahsa Amini is his sister and women covering their hair is a personal choice and none of his business. In later days he continued to release videos and did an interview with Iran International in support of the protests. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42240'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/KayhanKalhor/status/1573835281219846146?s=20&t=S3uvkVjwRqJH9ec-72duaQ'> In a series of tweets, prominent Iranian classical musician Kayhan Kalhor expressed solidarity with the countrywide uprising. He wrote: > I'm a musician and not a talker. But I've added talking to my concerts for years now. Talking about my country and massacre and systemic elimination, of terror, suppression, and taking away the livelihood of scholars, censorship, discrimination, corruption, and also love and humanity and unity. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42217'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/KromSec/status/1573969271692136450?s=20&t=3w5n-ATnUsDzjB_MBAdDQg'> Anonymous hacker collective reported that it has hacked the Islamic Republic's Arabic propaganda arm Al-Alam. Hours later the collective reported in a video message that it has hacked the website of the parliament and published the private information of the members of parliament. In the video, the Anonymous collective asks the protesters to call the members of parliament and ask them about their support of the dictator. Anonymous once again emphasized its support of the protests and asked the protesters not to leave the streets. Hours later the collective reported that it has hacked the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance. The message states: > When people are giving their lives, you cannot use your blood money. They also hacked the websites of the Ministry of Information (Intelligence) and Iran's Police force. The group later shut down the website of the Ministry of Oil and reported that the Center for Electronic Commerce Development is now offline. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42245'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/libe/status/1574303971468251136?s=20&t=S3uvkVjwRqJH9ec-72duaQ'> French newspaper Liberation dedicated its front page to the countrywide uprising in Iran and wrote Woman, Life, Freedom in French and Persian. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42231'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1574576145097424896?s=20&t=sJSjTvuNitAtp-V0SoIyxg'> Canadian prime minister described Mahsa Amini's death as tragic and said the regime in Iran has brutally suppressed protesters and specifically women. He said in response Canada will sanction dozens of individuals and organizations including the morality police in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42210'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1574347442983763969?s=20&t=rCS3IUABzUuJ2jFN-qXSRg'> Actor and writer Aban Askari released a video expressing her opposition to the Islamic Republic. She cut her hair in another video in protest of the murder of Mahsa Amini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42243'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/LeMonde_EN/status/1574279454125334529?s=20&t=4it0ZdeFc2qaf6yLkn6gXw'> French newspaper Le Monde wrote that the women's movement in Iran has shaken the world. The report emphasized that despite the severe crackdown, the protests after the murder of Mahsa Amini are intensifying, and photos of women burning their scarves have reached everywhere. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42238'> <reference source='https://ifj-farsi.org/?p=8391'> The International Federation of Journalists released a statement about the arrest of journalists during the countrywide protests in Iran and asked the Islamic Republic officials to immediately release the 14 arrested journalists and reconnect the internet. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42223'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1574361470216847361?s=20&t=ImNraM-KSjFfqrFGyiBwZw'> Anonymous hacker collective announced that they have hacked Bank Melli (national) of Iran and identified the accounts of people with close ties to the state and their families, and they made it so they can't withdraw money from their accounts and cannot transfer it either. They then shut down Press-TV, the English arm of the Islamic Republic's state TV. Websites of state TV's news agency in Tehran and Fars News were also hacked and shut down. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42246'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/jes_chastain/status/1574165510463393800?s=20&t=Zur97ekxcA75mgFqUDcKdA'> Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain tweeted about the murder of Mahsa Amini and said she is standing in solidarity with Iranian women, and she will help their voices be heard. She added when a woman is attacked, it's an attack on all of us. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42244'> <reference source='https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/en-iran-la-revolte-contre-le-voile-tourne-a-la-contestation-anti-regime-20220925'> Le Figaro devoted its front page to the protests in Iran and said the people of Iran's protest against the hijab turned into a movement against the regime. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42268'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjACptKAKM6/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D'> Spanish Actress Penelope Cruz posted the video and comments made by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi on her Instagram page with over six million followers and supported #MahsaAmini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42271'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1574848496829665291?s=20&t=r6XY50dfWZzhnYE1GmloNA'> Popular American influencer and model Kylie Jenner shared the NY Times report about Mahsa Amini and the protests in Iran. Her page has 370 million followers. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42319'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3rkLC8y'> Over 800 activists in the field of children and youth literature released a statement condemning the arrests of young protesters, and the presence of children in special riot forces. According to IranWire, while mentioning the international conventions and Iranian laws about the rights of children, the statement says no one should receive a bullet as a response, especially teenagers. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42312'> <reference source='https://t.me/RudawiRojhelat/6867'> Mohammad Saleh Nikbakht, attorney to Mahsa Amini's family in an interview with a TV channel in Iraqi Kurdistan denied the claims made by Islamic Republic officials about the health of Mahsa Amini and her illnesses. He stated: "She was 22 years old and completely healthy. She intended to start her education at Urmia university. All the claims made by the state's apparatus about Mahsa's chronic illnesses and such are lies. Mr. Nikbakht went on to say, that since the Islamic revolution in 1979, many have been killed by the police, adding: > Killing prisoners in such places is not new or limited to Zhina (Mahsa). In the past 42 years, the killing of prisoners in Iran has been a common occurrence. He also said if Mahsa had been killed in Kurdish parts of Iran it would have been easier to cover it up: > If she was killed in Kurdistan, they could have changed the facts. But this time they couldn't. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42267'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/australia-condemns-violent-crackdown-in-iran/32054475.html'> The Australian government released a statement expressing concern about the security forces killing and injuring dozens, including teenagers, and said Australia supports Iranian's right to peaceful protest. According to Radio Farda, the Australian government emphasized that it is standing by Iranian women and girls and urges the Islamic Republic to end its cruelty to women. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42272'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjBhoW5OPIb/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D'> Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour released a music video on his Instagram page whose lyrics are from tweets by Iranians with the Mahsa Amini hashtag. The singer explained that the song was written by "you" and his hope is to "soothe your pain." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42269'> <reference source='https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/iraanse-mahsa-amini-geprojecteerd-op-eye-filmmuseum-amsterdam-steunt-vrouwen~ba4e6372/'> One of the Netherlands' oldest newspapers published images and reports about the Amsterdam municipality expressing solidarity with protests in Iran. The newspaper wrote that Amsterdam municipality showed images of Mahsa Amini in a modern art museum. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42270'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1574858640770666499?s=20&t=r6XY50dfWZzhnYE1GmloNA'> Singer Ricky Martin posted a photo of Mahsa Amini as a story on his Instagram page with 17 million followers and wrote: Say her name. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42551'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3SR1Nqz'> According to IranWire, the IRGC has started drone and missile strikes on bases of Kurdish parties including both Komalah parties, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, and the Kurdistan Freedom Party. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42266'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1575012386657996800?s=20&t=r6XY50dfWZzhnYE1GmloNA'> The UN Women entity released a statement in support of the demands of Iranian women including the right to clothing and demanded the release of arrested women, and called for an objective investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42274'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1575101734497705989?s=20&t=bcAJnOVyD_DLKKBtXWb5iQ'> Saleh Nikbakht, attorney of Mahsa Amini's family said: > Mahsa Amini's parents have brought a lawsuit against those involved in Mahsa's arrest from the moment she was arrested by the morality police. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42265'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntlbrk/status/1575026787054194688?s=20&t=r6XY50dfWZzhnYE1GmloNA'> The spokesperson for the secretary general of the UN announced that the UN is increasingly concerned about the rising number of protesters killed in the streets including women and children, and it demands a quick, objective, and effective investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42318'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/CjFw5vkrUO8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D'> American wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs posted an image of Iranian women on his Instagram page and expressed his support for their protest for their rights. He sent condolences to the family of Mahsa Amini and those who lost their loved ones in these "difficult times". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42320'> <reference source='https://t.me/senfi_uni_iran/3097'> Over 200 professors across the country signed a statement condemning the arrests of university students and demanded their release. According to the student guild's Instagram channel in Iran, the signatories asked their colleagues to take a stance for justice and freedom and said the atmosphere of fear and suppression in universities is against human, moral, and religious values. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42349'> People in hundreds of cities across the world organized rallies in support of the Iranian people's movement. The rallies were planned by the families of the victims of flight PS252 which was shot down by IRGC. At the same time, the protests in Iran intensified and unlike previous trends, people in some cities came to the streets during the day. Despite mass arrests and massacre of protesters, people's chants show that they are compromising on their demand which is the removal of the Islamic Republic. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42350'> The Persian "Mahsa Amini" hashtag was used over 200 million times by Twitter users. This is a record for Persian Twitter and it is much higher than any previous records. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42339'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3M05O9g'> In an interview with Rooydad 24, Amjad Amini, Mahsa's father announced: > No one is answering us about my daughter's cause of death. I have visited the state's medical examiner and other officials several times but they don't respond and just get rid of me." Mr. Amini said the officials have just advised him to be patient, adding: Mr. Raisi (president) didn't offer any condolences, he just said they're following it through, but I have seen no follow-up neither from him nor any other officials. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42338'> <reference source='https://www.etemadnewspaper.ir/fa/main/page'> Mohammad Saleh Nikbakht, the attorney to Mahsa Amini's family told Etemad newspaper that her family has demanded the formation of an independent factfinding committee with three to five of the family's trusted doctors and publishing the images of morality police agents, and said they will not accept the opinion of medical examiner without the presence of the independent factfinding committee. Their attorney added: > According to medical specialists and independent experts, Mahsa's death has nothing to do with her previous medical procedure, which was the removal of a mole above her eye. Also, Mahsa has had no history of heart or blood, or liver disease and her sudden death (an hour after the arrest) cannot be tied to any comorbidities. Her family wants to know what disease or trauma was the cause of the blood that poured out of her ear and the back of her neck. He added: > The photo of Mahsa at the hospital shows that she was bleeding from the back of her skull and ear. Many have witnessed it. The blood on the back of the neck has been witnessed at the morgue and by her family and relatives. Some doctors have claimed that the blood is postmortem. Mahsa's family and we attorneys have rejected that claim. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42340'> <reference source='https://farsi.khamenei.ir/news-content?id=51043'> After 12 days of absence, the leader of the Islamic Republic Ali Khamenei had a public event with the armed forces, in which he threatened the protesters across the country, saying the United States and Israel and treasonous Iranians abroad have planned these protests. He claimed the death of Mahsa Amini was an accident and said: > The accident in which a young girl died made us sad, but the reaction to the incident without investigation and facts, as in some people making the streets unsafe, burn Quran, pull hijab off a religious woman, burn down mosques and people's cars, this is not a normal and natural reaction. These riots were planned. If it wasn't this young girl, they would have created another excuse to create chaos at the beginning of the school year." > He also called Mahsa Amini's death a "probable mistake and said the law enforcement should not be attacked and accused because of it: > The heads of three branches of government expressed regret and the judiciary has promised to follow up on this incident until the end to find out if there are any culprits or not and who are the culprits. That's the meaning of investigation. Now, why should a massive organization that serves [everyone] be accused because of a probable mistake?" > Khamenei asked the security agencies to "punish" the "excited teenagers and added: > This is not a fight about the death of a young girl or hijab and improper hijab. many who don't wear proper hijab are strong supporters of the Islamic Republic and attend many events. The fight is about independence and resistance and empowerment and strength of Islamic Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42412'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/mohseni-ejhei-claim-arrest-mahsa-amini-public/32065117.html'> In an interview with Radio Farda, the attorney to Mahsa Amini's family, Saleh Nikbakht explained the legal case. He said in a meeting with the medical examiner which was held despite the objection to the absence of medical experts and the family's trusted physicians, the doctors present completely denied the bleeding from the ear and neck being the result of blunt force trauma. Despite no evidence of her having health problems and the fact that the surgery she had was to remove a mole above her eye, the doctors claimed that her medication was the problem. Ms. Nikbakht went on to say that the opinion will be legally challenged and if the family's approved doctors are not accepted, they will not accept the ruling of the medical examiner. Saleh Nikbakht emphasized that one of the morality police agents who arrested Mahsa Amini was wearing a camera and that all the images and videos must be delivered to the experts approved by the family for fact finding. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42407'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3fN41s0'> In a meeting of the Expediency Discernment Council, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, the chief of the judiciary of the Islamic Republic claimed that the arrest and transfer of Mahsa Amini to the morality police building had happened "in view of the public". According to IRNA, the official state news agency, Mohseni Ejei claimed at this meeting that "Mahsa Amini was transferred to the hall of the building and based on images that are published, she talks to some people, and after she collapses the nurse and the emergency unit present at the scene take her immediately to the hospital, and all these happened in the view of the public." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42465'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/savagesatstarts/status/1577943472916631553?s=20&t=dxDGil11YhVj2lkVFD9IIQ'> The Anonymous hacker collective disrupted the broadcast of 48 satellite channels of the Islamic Republic on Intelsat. The group announced that as long as the Islamic Republic continues to jam Persian satellite channels abroad, it will continue to jam the Islamic Republic's channels. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42464'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3CdajJk'> Vokala Press reported that the Islamic Republic's attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri demanded more activism from "Basiji legal experts and said: "You must have more solidarity and analyze issues from a legal standpoint. For example, the attorney of the Amini family makes baseless claims, and before the medical examiner's opinion is announced he claims he doesn't accept their opinion. What kind of legal expert says he doesn't accept an opinion before it is announced and demands a truth-finding committee? Basically from now on anyone who has an accident will demand such committee. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42547'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3ywtrAM'> Erfan Mortezaei, Mahsa Aini's cousin told IranWire that he has received threatening phone calls from an anonymous caller that he will meet the same fate as Rouhollah Zam. Ruhollah Zam was a dissident journalist who was lured into Iraq and kidnapped by the IRGC. He was tortured into TV confession and later executed. Mr. Mortezaei also said he has received warnings on social media that it ould be better for Mahsa Amini's family not to join the protests. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42542'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3S0cvtC'> Hossein Ashtari, the head of Iran's police forces said on state TV: > Based on the reviews, regarding the death of Mahsa Amini we will assure you that there has been no physical contact. In his meeting with religious leaders including Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani he said: > The law enforcement made no mistake and is not at fault in the death of Mahsa Amini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42544'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/voa-farsi-exclusive-interview-with-mahsa-amini-father/6780245.html'> Hours after the release of the medical examiner's report, Mahsa Amini's father told Voice of America that his account of his daughter's corpse does not fit the claims made by the medical examiner and that he can never accept this report. He said that he saw with his own eyes there was blood on his daughter's ear and the back of her neck and her legs were bruised, adding: "How can I accept that she was not beaten? Mr. Amini also said that he has asked the Islamic Republic officials many times to release the camera video from the van, but they keep claiming that the cameras were out of battery. In response to the question about his daughter's head surgery, Mr. Amini said she went under surgery for a cyst when she was eight, but after two years the doctors said she doesn't need any more checkups and since then she never got hospitalized or took any medication for it or had any serious illnesses. In response to the medical examiner's claim that Mahsa (Zhina) was taking pills every day, he said she was taking pills for her thyroid and it had nothing to do with the surgery 15 years ago. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42543'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3en9ju8'> Iran's Medical Examination Organization released a statement claiming Mahsa Amini's death was "not due to blunt force trauma to the head or other vital organs." The statement, published by the news agency, claimed that Mahsa Amini had a brain tumor surgery when she was eight and she was receiving certain medication. The statement goes on to claim that Mahsa Amini lost consciousness at the morality police office due to "underlying diseases" and she was "unable to control and adjust to the situation, which led to heart rhythm disruption and a drop in blood pressure, resulting in loss of consciousness which led to brain damage due to lack of efficient resuscitation." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='42616'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/SNikbakht/status/1580176112050573312?s=20&t=O4AJJ9aymlb59dT6ZNn-rQ'> Amini family's attorney Saleh Nikbakht reported on Twitter that he and the other attorney of the family, Ali Rezaei, have visited the murder investigation office and asked for the official opinion of the medical examiner. Mr. Nikbakht reported that the case's special investigator was on a work assignment and their request was denied. He added: > We visited the branch again on Saturday when the investigator was present and demanded to be allowed to study the full content of the case and receive the official opinion of the medical examiner, whose opinion had been broadly reported by the state media and state TV instead of being communicated directly to the family and the attorneys, but the investigator wasn't aware of the medical examiner's opinion so our visit was futile. He also once again emphasized the demand of Mahsa Amini's family: > If the medical examiner's opinion is what was broadcasted by the state media and TV, we object to it and demand an opinion by a medical team consisting of five of the 10 doctors that the Amini family have listed and approved, a cardiologist, and a trusted psychiatrist. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43094'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3TkmaeQ'> The interior affairs committee of the parliament, referring to the report of the truth-finding committee regarding the murder of Mahsa Amini claimed that "the evidence shows that there was no assault and battery on Mahsa Amini from the moment of arrest until arriving at the morality police building." The report also directly blames the citizens and says there was no fault found on the part of the emergency services and Kasra hospital, but the "quality and effectiveness of the medical treatment" from the moment that Mahsa lost consciousness until 10 minutes later when the emergency services arrived is "questionable" and also "the crowd at the door of morality police building which delayed the ambulance for more than six minutes has also impacted the treatment of Mahsa Amini." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43096'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/anonymousopiran/status/1581753302311899136?s=20&t=cVPtLsNAnT6fndJoDSoJZQ'> Anonymous hacker collective tweeted that it has hacked and disabled hundreds of CCTV cameras in Tehran in support of the protests in Iran. The tweet lists the cameras in Tehran that Anonymous claims to have hacked. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43088'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3hrHRwB'> Mahsa Amini's cousin Erfan Mortezaei was once again threatened by the Islamic Republic security forces. In an interview with Kurdpa, he said he received two unknown phone calls from inside Iran and Iraq, telling him to be quiet. According to Mr. Mortezaei, the call from inside Iran was from a Sunni fanatic who works for the Islamic Republic who told him: > God willing I will cut off the heads of your mother, father, sister, and brother. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43083'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3DT0qRG'> In an interview with Mostaghel News, Amjad Amini, father of Mahsa Amini said: > I asked the vice president of the Medical Organization to allow me to see my daughter, but he didn't. I told him you swore to tell the truth, tell the truth about my daughter. The vice president of the Medical Organization responded: > I'll write whatever I want, whatever I think is best for the country, and it's none of your business." > Mr. Amini added that with such behavior from authorities, he has a right to refuse their claims and medical examiner's report about the death of his daughter. He also said the Islamic Republic's police had asked the neighbors to say "Mahsa killed herself in front of Kasra hospital. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43087'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3UluZX9'> Mahsa Amini's case attorney Saleh Nikbakht wrote a letter to the judiciary rejecting the report by the Islamic Republic's Medical Organization and said after several weeks, the attorneys still do not have access to the case and the investigation process. According to the letter, the judiciary was asked to do an investigation from the four agents present at the time of Mahsa Amini's arrest and the six women who were arrested with her. in the presence of the family attorneys and the witnesses meaning Mahsa's brother and cousin. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43101'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3tbkUA7'> The governor of Kurdistan province declared a day off for all the schools and universities in the province. According to the Young Reporters' Club which is a state TV media outlet, the reason for this decision was "the rise in the number of respiratory problems" and "preventing the spread of respiratory diseases and influenza". The day before, the Education Ministry office in Ardebil Province had also shut down all elementary and middle schools for two days. There were many calls for gathering on the 40th day after Mahsa Amini's murder. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43102'> <reference source='https://www.iranintl.com/202210261791'> On the 40th day (A Shia mourning tradition) after Mahsa Amini's murder, the countrywide uprising against the Islamic Republic intensified. According to Radio Zamaneh, although it was reported last night that the security forces have blocked the roads toward the cemetery at Aramestan Aichi village where Mahsa Amini was buried, a massive crowd of protesters gathered at the entrance of Saqez and Aramestan Aichi and started chanting against the Islamic Republic, its leader, and in support of women and Kurdistan province. According to many reports, including from Iran International TV, widespread protests were formed in Tehran, Shiraz, Arak, Qazvin, Bandar Anzali, and other cities. Also according to Radio Zamaneh, university students across the country gathered and protested at universities, and in some cases, it led to attacks from security forces while shooting plastic bullets and birdshot, and tear gas at the students. In addition, a video was released on social media showing workers at the Tehran refinery on strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46588'> <reference source='https://t.me/senfi_uni_iran/8558'> Mohammad Moradi, an Iranian student living in Lyon, France, committed suicide in order to bring international attention to the suppression of protesters in Iran. He recorded a video before committing suicide in which he says he is sacrificing his life for Iran and the people of Iran. He ended his video by saying: > All this blood won't be wasted. We believe in that. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50312'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/lawer-mahsa-amini-family-nothing-has-been-done-regarding-her-case/6923883.html'> The Amini family's attorney Saleh Nikbakht told Faraz newspaper that no effective step has been taken to address their lawsuit. He said the family was denied the medical reports from Kasra hospital so they couldn't discuss it with their trusted doctors. He added that a number of agents were questioned but none offered a useful answer; "One said my head was down, one said Mahsa was behind me, one said I was sick and didn't know." Based on the accounts, five or six people were arrested in the van with Mahsa Amini, but only three were interviewed, and according to the judiciary authorities, the rest are not willing to discuss it. Mr. Nikbakht said: > In these situations, the procedure is for the judiciary to investigate by interviewing the individuals. In a nationally significant case such as this, the judiciary must have taken the necessary steps. He added that there is no video from the moment of Mahsa Amini's arrest and the authorities deny any video footage even though at the time of the arrest the police officer had shown the camera on his uniform to her cousin. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48425'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/saleh-nikbakht-exclusive-interview-voa-mahsa-amini/6947636.html'> Mahsa Amini's family attorney Saleh Nikbakht told VOA: > The judiciary authorities are denying the attorneys' access to documents, papers, and medical and judicial evidence. He said the case of Mahsa Amini's death is stuck. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50311'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3Muzg9F'> The Amini family's attorney, Saleh Nikbakht, was charged with propaganda against the state. The second branch of investigation at Evin Court opened a case against him under the supervision of Mahmoud Haji Moradi at the complaint of the Ministry of Intelligence. Mr. Nikbakht told Faraz website that his interviews from 2020 to September 2022 were the basis for this case. he said his interviews cannot be considered propaganda against the state because they are criticizing authorities and that is not a crime. Mr. Nikbakht's attorney Ali Rezaei was not allowed in the investigation session. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51203'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/cv2vn91j1exo'> The Mahsa Act was approved by the majority of votes in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives. If it becomes a law, this plan requires the US government to sanction Ali Khamenei and Ebrahim Raisi, the leader and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, for violating human rights and destabilizing the countries of the region. In addition, this plan calls for sanctioning the leadership body, the presidential body, the officials appointed by the leader of Iran and the network of foundations and companies under his control. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53731'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/4km2e4hh'> Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer of Mahsa Amini's family, announced that the judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran has not yet presented any convincing reasons to the family, lawyers, and even the scientific community of the country that Mahsa's death was natural. Nikbakht said in an interview with the Iran Watch website, "The judicial system has not given a clear and correct answer to the objections of the lawyer and the family so far." </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52328'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/mahsa-amini-cousin-on-zhinas-resting-place/7135657.html'> According to published reports, Saqez Municipality plans to change the road of Aichi Mausoleum, which currently passes by Mahsa (Zhina) Amini's grave, so that it will be more difficult for people and vehicles to access her grave. Following the disclosure of this plan, the people of Saqez started a general strike. The families of the plaintiffs have also protested against this issue and some were arrested. It should be noted that Mahsa Amini's tomb has been vandalized by unknown people in the last few weeks. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52873'> <reference source='https://hengaw.net/fa/news/2023/07'> 54 lawyers of Bukan city have been summoned to the prosecutor's office in this city to "offer explanations". Last year, in a statement, they announced their support for the family of Mahsa Amini and demanded justice in connection with the killing of Mahsa Amini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='52940'> <reference source='https://iranwire.com/fa/special-features/118789'> A citizen journalist informed IranWire that the municipality of Saqez has reduced the width of the road to Aichi Mausoleum and plans to build new graves around Mahsa Amini's grave so that her grave will be away from the eyes of commuters. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53714'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/freedom-fa/freedom-of-expression-fa/2023/07/31/p21615/'> According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, on Tuesday, August 1st, the trial session of Saleh Nikbakht, the attorney of the family of Mahsa Amini, will be held in Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Moghiseh. According to this report, Mr. Nikbakht's accusation was announced as propaganda against the system through protesting the opinion of the Forensic Medical Commission regarding the death of Mahsa Amini in a conversation with foreign media and Etemad newspaper. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53715'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/eftekhari_mozhgan/'> On the eve of the anniversary of her murder, Mozhgan Eftekhari, the mother of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, pointed out in her Instagram account that the inner part of the cemetery was closed to cars and wrote: > From all corners of this land, from an Azari grandmother, a northern teenage son, an educated Kurdish girl of the same name, and the Baluch girls will visit your grave. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53716'> <reference source='https://t.me/emtedadnet/81204'> The trial of Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini's family, with the complaint of the Ministry of Intelligence, was held in September 2023 in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. Ali Rezaei, Nikbakht's lawyer, said in an interview with Emtedad news website, that in this session, they were charged with propaganda against the state because of his client's interviews, including his explanation of the judicial follow-up process of Mahsa Amini's case. In an interview, Mr. Rezaei announced that the hearing of his client's case was finally held after two reschedules, and its content was mostly centered around Nikbakht's strong and repeated objections to the reasons produced by the judiciary for Mahsa Amini's death. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53729'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/voa-exclusive-iran-mahsa-jina-amini-father-says-anniversary-ceremony/7253738.html'> Amjad Amini, Mahsa Amini's father, emphasized in an interview with the Voice of America: > To honor the name and memory of Zhina (Mahsa) and to console her family, relatives, and all her loved ones, we decided to hold the anniversary ceremony this year. However, considering the circumstances, we cannot officially invite people to the ceremony or tell people not to participate in the ceremony." Declaring that "Mahsa is a daughter of Iran , Mr. Amini said: > Mahsa does not only belong to Amini's family, she is a daughter of Iran and belongs to the whole country, and all Mahsa's fans are like her family. Therefore, whatever the people decide, we abide. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53717'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8LHu6oLYV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA=='> Mozhgan Eftekhari and Amjad Amini, the mother and father of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, in a short message published on their Instagram pages, in addition to inviting people to attend the ceremony of the anniversary of Mahsa, announced: > On the anniversary of the martyrdom of our beloved child, Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, we will visit her grave and gather to celebrate the traditional and religious ceremony of the anniversary. Amini's family also referred to "honoring the shared pain and valuable concerns of dear fellow citizens", and invited "everyone to avoid any violent action. The anniversary of the death of Zhina Amini will be held on September 26 in Aichi Saqez Cemetery. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53726'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/4sxxmhmy'> According to IranWire, Amjad Amini, Mahsa (Zhina) Amini's father is under pressure from the security agencies to announce the cancellation of the anniversary ceremony. A source told Iranwire: > For the past few days, the security forces have contacted Amjad Amini every day in person and by phone and threatened to arrest him. In the past days, Amjad Amini was regularly followed by two white cars in all his movements. And they are constantly present in front of the Amini family's house. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53734'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/freedom-fa/freedom-of-expression-fa/2023/09/13/p29344/'> Amjad Amini, Mahsa Amini's father, was summoned by phone to the news headquarters of the Saqez Intelligence Agency on the eve of the anniversary of his daughter's murder, and was interrogated for an hour after arriving at this security institution. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote regarding the content of the interrogations: The interrogators have pressured Amjad Amini to deny the message that was published a few days ago by the family regarding the anniversary of Mahsa. This source added that the interrogators have threatened Mahsa's father that they will arrest their other son, Ashkan, if any member of the family does anything or publishes a message in the social space or attends Zhina's grave on her anniversary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53740'> <reference source='https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/c84k592lqydo'> The US House of Representatives passed the Mahsa Law with 410 votes in favor against three votes against. While announcing this news, BBC Farsi wrote that turning this resolution into a law requires a similar action in the Senate, and after that it must be signed by the President of the United States, Joe Biden. This plan was approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives last April. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53739'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/freedom-fa/freedom-of-expression-fa/2023/09/14/p29394/'> On the eve of the anniversary of the Women, Life, Freedom uprising, there was a massive deployment of the special unit of the police force and the Revolutionary Guards to the cities of Urmia, Bukan, Mahabad, Saqez, Divandarreh, Sanandaj, Marivan, Kamyaran, Javanrud, Kermanshah, Islamabad Gharb, Ilam and Abdanan. The atmosphere of these cities was described as strictly military-security. While announcing this news, Kurdistan Human Rights Network wrote that in the past few weeks, by the order of the Security Council of West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and Ilam provinces, the security institutions have installed CCTV cameras in most of the main streets of the cities of these provinces. According to this report of the IRGC Intelligence Organization, the Intelligence Ministry, and the Security Police in the cities of Mahabad, Bukan, Saqez, Marivan, Kamyaran, Sanandaj, and Divandarreh, have summoned and threatened hundreds of citizens who were temporarily arrested in the past year following popular protests in these cities, and were told that they have no right to participate in the anniversary ceremony of the 2022 uprising in any way. Iranwire also wrote that the inspection forces at the entrance of Saqez city have increased and the number of undercover agents of the IRGC has also increased. These officers pull over cars with non-native license plates and inspect the car and its passengers. According to Iranwire, the agents stationed at the entrance towers of the city, stop the suspicious cars from entering the city. Also, Kurdpa, wrote that the security agents at the entrance of Bijar city deal with cars that have non-Bijar license plates. This source added: > The prosecutor's office in Bijar has summoned all journalists and cyberspace activists and threatened them that if they write material in support of the revolutionary uprising of Women, Life Freedom, they will be arrested and sent to prison. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53741'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/publications-fa/special-reports-fa/2023/09/15/p29429/'> The Kurdistan Human Rights Network published a report on the judicial process of Mahsa Amini's murder case with research and interviews with informed people. According to this report, despite the influence of the government authorities in the process of filing and handling this case and preventing the family and lawyers from accessing the relevant documents and witnesses whose testimony was recorded in the case, there are reasons and evidences in the case that prove the intimidation and beating of Mahsa Amini by Ershad patrol officers during her arrest and her death as a result of "trauma and external impact". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53745'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/mahsa-amini-is-named-a-finalist-for-the-eu-s-top-human-rights-prize/32634793.html'> According to the European Parliament, Mahsa (Zhina) Amini and the Women, Life, Freedom movement are among the three finalists for the European Union's Sakharov Human Rights Prize, which is awarded annually to individuals or groups that fight against tyranny and played an important role in defense of freedom of expression. According to Radio Farda, David McAllister, head of the European Parliament's foreign policy committee, said: > The selection of Mahsa and the Women, Life, Freedom movement as one of the three main candidates for the Sakharov Prize is a recognition of their courageous struggle for women's rights. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59534'> <reference source='https://ipa.united4iran.org/fa/prisoner/9761/'> Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, headed by Mohammad Reza Amouzad, sentenced Saleh Nikbakh the lawyer of Mahsa Amini's case to one year in prison for the charge of propaganda against the state, and as a supplementary punishment, he was sentenced to two years of ban on his online activities. Ali Rezaei, Saleh Nikbakht's lawyer, announced in an interview with Shargh network that the court has sentenced his client to the harshest punishment for propaganda against the state, regardless of the defense. He emphasized that in similar cases, the defendants who were prosecuted for more interviews than Mr. Nikbakht with foreign media, have received lesser sentences. Ali Rezaei reported that they will file their objection to the verdict in the near future and clarified: > In the conversation I had with the client after the verdict was announced, he has no desire to protest and appeal against this verdict. Of course, I am aware of my professional duties, and despite his displeasure, I will act in this regard and hope that this sentence will be overturned at a later stage. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53746'> <reference source='https://x.com/EP_President/status/1714945388631699689?s=20'> The human rights prize of the European Union (Sakharov) was awarded to Mahsa Amini and the movement of Women, Life, Freedom in Iran. David Lega, a Swedish member of the European Parliament from the European People's Party group, who introduced Mahsa Amini and Woman, Life, Freedom to his group as candidates to receive the Sakharov Award, said in an interview with Radiofarda: > Of course, I am very happy that I started this action. And now this award has been announced. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53747'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/12/32'> Security forces of Tehran's Khomeini Airport prevented Zhina Amini's family from traveling to France to participate in the Sakharov Prize awarding ceremony, and only Saleh Nikbakht, the family's lawyer, was allowed to leave. According to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, the security forces announced that Amini's family was banned from leaving and their passports were confiscated after interrogation. According to another report from Kurdistan Human Rights Network, after the Amini family's follow-up in Tehran, they were informed that "at the request of the bailiff (that is, the Ministry of Intelligence)" they were banned from leaving the country until the end of December this year. Following this ban, Amjad Amini, the father of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, announced in a statement that his trip with his wife and son had already been reported to the Kurdistan Governorate and other institutions, but "at Tehran's Khomeini Airport and after handing over the luggage and receiving flight card", their passports were confiscated. Mr. Amini wrote in this statement, which was published by the media: > Of course, we know that our only crime is that we are the family of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53748'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/p4dxp66c'> A number of European Parliament members wrote in an open letter to the authorities of the Islamic Republic after the announcement of the travel ban on the family of Mahsa Amini: > Let the family of (Zhina) Mehsa Amini receive the 2023 Sakharov Prize in Strasbourg." In this open letter, a copy of which was published by IranWire, it is written that this action of the Islamic Republic took place in order to "silence the family of Zhina Amini" "to prevent them from commenting on the tremendous repression of the Islamic Republic in Iran in the field of women's rights, human rights, and basic freedoms. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53754'> <reference source='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2qx7g7JTYw'> Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini's family, received the Sakharov Award on behalf of this family while attending the European Parliament. Mercedeh Shahinkar, one of the victims of the 2022 protests, and Afsoun Najafi, the sister of Hadith Najafi, one of the victims of the women's uprising, were present at this ceremony. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53767'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C0zY7o4Kea9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link'> Narges Mohammadi, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who is imprisoned in Evin prison, wrote in a message to the parents of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, referring to the fact that they were banned from leaving Iran: > The fence of tyranny will make our voice more effective and powerful. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53765'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/2bsshvtt'> Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer of the family of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, asked the mayor of Strasbourg to name a street or an area in memory of Zhina. According to IranWire, Mr. Nikbakht made this request in front of other guests at a ceremony hosted by Jean Barsaghian, the mayor of Strasbourg, in the municipal palace of this city. According to this report, Ms. Barsaghian gave a favorable promise in response that she will definitely take care of this request. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54007'> <reference source='https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/fa/news-fa/freedom-fa/freedom-of-expression-fa/2023/12/23/p31340/'> Saleh Nikbakht, the lawyer of Mahsa Amini's family, was interrogated on Friday evening at Tehran's "Imam Khomeini" airport after returning from France, and in addition to his passport and mobile phone, the Sakharov Prize plaque of the European Parliament, which was awarded to Mahsa Amini, was also confiscated. While announcing this news, Kurdistan Human Rights Network quoted a source and wrote that the security agents informed Mr. Nikbakht that he was forbidden to leave the country by the judicial authorities. According to this source, in the past days, the ruling of Mr. Nikbakht was sent to his Sana system, and he was also notified that he should report himself to the first branch of the Moghaddas Prosecutor's Office in the coming days to serve the sentence of one year of in prison. According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network, Saleh Nikbakht's one-year prison sentence was confirmed by the appeals court, but his lawyer requested a retrial, which was referred to the 9th branch of the Supreme Court. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='54434'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/a4h2m6cn'> Iranwire published some photos in a report addressing the changes made around the tomb of Mahsa Amini in Aichi Cemetery. According to this report, new graves have been created around her grave and Mahsa Amini's grave is no longer in the first row. Previously, the Aichi Mausoleum had a large square and Zhina's body was buried around this square in the first row, but by the order of the government forces, that square was turned into a small crossroad. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='55769'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3OOSajSOMz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA=='> On the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, the government media in Iran published pictures of women who do not wear regime-approved hijab. The contradictory behavior of the authorities of the Islamic Republic regarding the mandatory hijab and the utilitarian approach to women who are considered "badly veiled" by the government's definitions in state events, resulted in reactions from users on social media. One of the most important reactions that attracted a lot of attention on social media was the post of Mozhgan Eftekhari, Mahsa's mother, who posted a video on her Instagram: > You killed my daughter because she didn't wear hijab. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56064'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yschamu9'> In a report, IranWire explained the election atmosphere (elections of the Assembly of Experts and the Assembly of the Islamic Council) in Saqez, the hometown of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. According to this report, the governor and other security and judicial institutions of this city threatened a large number of detainees from 2022 and participants in the Bazar strike in January 2024, who protested the execution of four political prisoners. They threatened them that if they did not participate in the elections, their legal case would enter the next stage. Mozhgan Eftekhari also posted pictures of her daughter, Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, on her Instagram page in response to the elections and wrote: > Where there is no freedom, if voting would change something, they would not allow you to vote. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56065'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3wm6sh7m'> According to IranWire, Amjad Amini, the father of Mahsa Amini, attended the grave of his daughter at the same time as the elections of the Islamic Council and the Council of Experts were held. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56459'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/3a7276a9'> A ceremony was held on the occasion of the approach of Nowruz in the heights around Saqez, in which Mahsa (Zhina) Amini and the victims of the Women Life, Freedom uprising were honored. According to IranWire, Amjad Amini, Mahsa Amini's father, was present at this ceremony and while lighting the fire of the Nowruz ceremony, he mentioned Mahsa's interest in hiking and visiting the heights around Saqez. While publishing a video of this ceremony, IranWire wrote that the attendees chanted "Martyrs do not die" while lighting the Nowruz fire. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56460'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/eftekhari_mozhgan/'> Mozhgan Eftekhari, the mother of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, wrote in her Instagram story: > What is our share from the world? What did we want from the world and life? Ms. Eftekhari, referring to the "humiliation of parents with poverty", wished happiness for the children and expressed her hope that "inequality will be forever removed from the world . </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='56461'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yva59acs'> Nowruz ceremony was canceled in Aichi village near Mahsa's grave due to the pressure of security forces. According to the journalist of IranWire, the security institutions did not give any reason for canceling this ceremony, but the attendees emphasized that the reason for this obstruction was probably the assumption of the security institutions that the crowd would move from the village of Aichi to the cemetery and attend the grave of Mahsa Amini after the Nowruz ceremony in Saqez. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59535'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/yf4mzjj6'> The attorney of Mahsa Amini's family announced that this case is still in the prosecutor's office and no court has been designated for it. According to Voice of America, Saleh Nikbakht also emphasized that the trial for Mahsa Amini's case and other protesters in 2022 should have been held in public, but the trial of people who were arrested during the events of that year and faced with charges of Moharebeh, corruption, etc., was held behind closed doors, and this fact diminished the effect of the "general amnesty" decree in the eyes of the public. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='59533'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/5n8j63pf'> "Mahsa Law" was implemented with the signature of the President of the United States. According to Voice of America, this law, which has been approved by the US Congress, obliges the President of the United States to impose sanctions in the form of banning the issuance of visas and confiscation of property for foreign citizens with connections to the Islamic Republic in Iran. According to this law, Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and their related institutions are under sanctions for "violating human rights" and "supporting terrorism". </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63101'> <reference source='https://x.com/Shivehtv4/status/1828158680451154282'> "Shiveh" TV program published a post on the X social network, regarding the words of Ali Enteziri, the head of the Allameh Tabatabai University's Faculty of Social Sciences, who used the phrase "Nefleh Shodan (kicking the bucket) of a Sunni Kurdish girl" in reference to the killing of Mahsa (Zina) Amini, and apologized on his behalf. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63100'> <reference source='https://x.com/etemadonline/status/1828400016848765420?s=46'> According to Etemad Online, Ali Entezari, the head of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Allameh Tabatabai University, was dismissed from his position after using the term "nefleh shodan (similar to eating dirt) " to refer to the killing of Mahsa Amini in a television program. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63098'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/eftekhari_mozhgan/'> Mozhgan Eftekhari, the mother of Mahsa Amini, responded to the insult of Ali Entezari, the head of Tabatabai University's Faculty of Social Sciences, and wrote on her Instagram page: > Mr. Ali Entezari, your statements about my daughter, Mahsa, are an insult to all Iranians. This insult is a sign of disrespect for human dignity and citizen's rights. As the head of the Faculty of Social Sciences, you should be more aware of the importance of human dignity and human rights than anyone else. We expected that you, as an academic official, would refrain from false and offensive statements, but it seems that hatred has been institutionalized in your mind. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63099'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/amjad_amini49/'> Mahsa Amini's father, Amjad Amini, also released a statement on Instagram in response to the insults against his daughter by Ali Entezari, the dean of social sciences faculty at Tabatabaei University. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63336'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/C_ilVSnoOi_/'> As the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches, her father published a video of her photos in an Instagram post. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63452'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/2s3jnbuy'> In an audio file sent to Voice of America, Amjad Amini, referring to the second anniversary of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini's death, announced that he would try to hold the anniversary ceremony if the government does not prevent it. He also told the Voice of America: > Despite the passing of two years since the tragic death of my daughter and due to the repeated follow-ups and referrals of the case lawyers to the prosecutor's office, unfortunately, no answers have been given to our family regarding the Mahsa case. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63568'> <reference source='https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2024/09/46'> On the eve of the second anniversary of the uprising of "Women, Life, Freedom", the human rights organization Kurdpa reported the intense security and militarized atmosphere of Kurdistan's cities and wrote: "The suppression apparatus has been in place for weeks with the establishment of checkpoints, the installation of new cameras in the city and cemeteries, increasing the waves of arrests, summons, and threatening the detainees of the protests and the families of the deceased, as well as the control of the people by the security forces in civilian clothing at the public level, in an attempt to prevent any popular movement on the second anniversary of the government murder of Mahsa Amini. In this report, which mentions the security situation in the five cities of Saqqez, Sanandaj, Mahabad, Bukan, and Piranshahr, it is stated that intelligence-security-military agents in Kurdistan province are at the highest level of readiness and the Islamic Republic has made every effort to prevent any popular movement. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63453'> <reference source='https://tinyurl.com/ye88hnj'> According to IranWire, at the same time as the second anniversary of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini's death, the security forces of the Islamic Republic in Saqqez prevented the Amini family from attending the Aichi Mausoleum. According to this report, "Mamosta Haejar" street, where the family house of Mahsa Amini is located, has been flooded by security forces and all the roads leading to Aichi Mausoleum have been blocked. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63454'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/amjad_amini49/'> Amjad Amini, Mahsa Amini's father, praised the "general strike" in Kurdistan at the same time as the second anniversary of his daughter's death, and wrote: > The strike is a warning and a clear protest message to the Islamic Republic. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='63455'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/eftekhari_mozhgan/reel/C_z6UdXoU2C/'> Mozhgan Eftekhari released a statement on the anniversary of her daughter's death and honored the protesters killed by the Islamic Republic during the subsequent uprising. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>