Women’s protests spread to Iran’s conservative southeastern province

Women’s protests spread to the ultra-conservative province on Friday Iranian of Sistan-Baluchistan (southeast), two and a half months after the first marches that shook the Islamic regime due to the death of the young woman Mahsa Aminireported an NGO.

In the streets of Zahedán, the provincial capital, dozens of women displayed banners with the inscription “Woman, life, freedom”, one of the main slogans of the protests, according to videos posted on the internet.

“With or without an Islamic veil, go ahead with the revolution!” shouted women dressed in black chadors, which cover the head and much of the body, according to images posted on Twitter that were verified by AFP.

“It is unusual” to see women demonstrating in Zahedan, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR), told AFP.

Women in Sistan-Baluchistan are among the most “oppressed” in Iran, and Friday’s demonstrations are among the most organized since the start of the nationwide protest movement, Amiry-Moghaddam added.

“Women and minorities (…) can, thanks to these demonstrations, take to the streets and demand their fundamental human rights,” he added.

Iran is rocked by a wave of protests that began when Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl of Kurdish origin, died in detention on September 16 after being arrested for allegedly violating a strict dress code imposed on women.

At least 448 protesters have been killed since the start of the movement which has been violently suppressed, according to the IHR.

Iran accuses the United States and its allies of fomenting these protests, which it describes as “riots.”

Earlier this week, the Iranian authorities reported that more than 300 people have been killed since the start of the demonstrations.

Source: Elcomercio

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