The 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests.
Human rights activists gather in London to mark the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death on Sept. 16, 2023.LONDON — Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman wholast year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy.
Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman from the western region, died three days after she was arrested by morality police, allegedly for violating laws that require women to cover their hair in public. While authorities said that she suffered a heart attack, Amini’s supporters said she was beaten by police and died as a result of her injuries.
“Now it is important that all the world start again to demonstrate in the streets, because what we want is to isolate this regime and in particular we want to push all the states not to have political and economic agreements with Iran,” protester Lucia Massi said.
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