Protests across Iran on Oct. 26 marked 40 days since Mahsa Amini died in detention over her “inappropriate attire.”
Twenty-two-year-old Amini died on Sept. 16 in Tehran while in the custody of Iran’s morality police, sparking more than a month of nationwide protests.
At least 234 people, including 29 children, have been killed in the ongoing protests in Iran, a human rights organization reported on Oct. 25.
Traditionally, deaths are commemorated in Shiite Islam again after 40 days. In Saqez, Amini’s Kurdish hometown, crowds gathered at the local cemetery.
Iran International, a Persian news channel based in the UK, wrote on Twitter: “Security forces have attacked the people who had gathered in thousands in a cemetery in Saqqez, Kurdistan, to mourn the 40th day after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. There are reports that they have opened fire on protesters to disperse them.”…