Activists in Europe mark the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody in Iran - WTOP News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "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.
46% : In Iran, authorities sought to prevent the anniversary from reigniting the protests that gripped the country last year.
46% : "That's very original and it's never happened in the history of Iran.
45% : "But I think what's really important about this protest is that Iranian men, for the first time in the history of Iran, they're actually standing with women and they're supporting the women and they're showing respect for the women," she said.
36% : Iran blamed last year's protests on the United States and other foreign powers, without providing evidence, and has since tried to downplay the unrest even as it moves to prevent any resurgence.
35% : Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy.
35% : 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.
33% : For several months, women could be seen openly flaunting the headscarf rule in Tehran and other cities, prompting a renewed crackdown over the summer.
25% : The protests were partly fueled by the widespread economic pain Iranians have suffered since then-President Donald Trump withdrew from a nuclear deal with world powers and reimposed crippling sanctions on Iran.

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