Iranian authorities temporarily detain Mahsa Amini's father on her death anniversary | Oneindia News
A human rights group has said that in Iran, the father of Mahsa Amini was briefly detained by the country’s security forces on Saturday on the first anniversary of her death. The Kurdistan Human Rights Network said and I quote, “Security forces detained Amjad Amini today and returned him to his house after threatening him against marking his daughter’s death anniversary.” It came as Iranian security forces were deployed in the home town of Mahsa Amini in anticipation of unrest as many across the country prepared to mark the first anniversary of her death in police custody.
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00:00 A human rights group has said that in Iran, the father of Mehrsa Amini was briefly detained
00:08 by the country's security forces on Saturday, on the first anniversary of her demise.
00:14 The Kurdistan Human Rights Network said, "Security forces detained Amjad Amini today and returned
00:20 him to his house after threatening him against marking his daughter's 10th anniversary.
00:25 The detention came as Iranian security forces were deployed in the hometown of Mehrsa Amini
00:30 in anticipation of unrest as many across the country prepared to mark the very first anniversary
00:35 of her death in police custody.
00:38 The death of 22-year-old Amini, who was arrested for allegedly flouting the country's mandatory
00:43 dress code, sparked months of anti-government protests.
00:47 More than 500 people, including 71 minors, were killed while hundreds were injured and
00:52 thousands were arrested in the protests.
00:55 Iranian authorities said that dozens of security personnel were also killed in what they described
00:59 as riots incited by foreign governments and hostile media.
01:04 Seven men have been executed after being convicted in protest-related cases.
01:08 The protests were eventually crushed by Iranian security forces.
01:12 In Amini's birthplace in Iran's western province of Kurdistan, reports quoted a rights activist
01:17 who said that there was a heavy presence of security forces.
01:21 Another activist reportedly said that a small gathering of protesters chanted anti-government
01:25 slogans before quickly dispersing.
01:27 Social media posts spoke of security force deployments in several cities, mainly within
01:33 Kurdistan.
01:34 The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch, or HRW, said that family members of
01:38 at least 36 people killed or executed in the crackdown had been interrogated, arrested,
01:45 prosecuted or sentenced to time in prison over the past month.
01:48 The two journalists who did the most to publicize the Amini case, Niloofer Hamidi and Elahe
01:54 Mohammadi, who respectively reported from her hospital and funeral, have been held in
01:58 prison for almost a year.
02:00 Another reporter named Nazila Marufian, who interviewed Amini's father, has been arrested
02:04 repeatedly.
02:05 While some women are still seen walking in public without headscarves, particularly in
02:10 wealthy, traditionally liberal areas of North Tehran, the conservative-dominated parliament
02:15 is considering to draft a law that would impose far stiffer penalties for non-compliance.
02:21 On Friday evening, thousands of Iranian emigres marched in Brussels, holding up pictures of
02:26 Amini and many others killed in the protests while calling for the overthrow of Iran's
02:31 theocracy and the establishment of a democratic republic.
02:34 As per reports, Britain and the US imposed new sanctions on Iran on Friday.
02:39 The US State Department said that Canada, Australia and other partners were also imposing
02:43 sanctions this week.
02:45 In a statement, the US President Joe Biden said on Friday, "Mehsa's story did not
02:50 end with her brutal death.
02:52 She inspired a historic movement, #WomenLifeFreedom, that has impacted Iran and influenced people
02:58 across the globe."
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