'This is a woman's revolution': how Mahsa Amini's death sparked global protest

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59% : But it is real life in Iran.
59% : But it is real life in Iran.
56% : She adds that more pressure needs to be placed upon the regime by the West.'The Islamic regime of Iran has been in power because Western governments support it.
55% : 'What's wonderful now is that despite all of this, the women in Iran are pushing back.
51% : Now, their fight for freedom has sparked similar scenes across the world, with demonstrators taking towards the Iranian embassy in London in order to show their support for their sisters in Iran who are willing to fight for their rights.
48% : The 22-year-old, originally from Saqqez in Iran, was travelling with her brother Kiaresh to Tehran, visiting loved ones.
48% :To try and fight the government crackdown, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has offered his own uncensored internet service, Starlink, to people in Iran - however, it faces numerous obstacles, such as the delivery of tech to the area, in order for it to be effective.
48% : Even so, she refuses to back down and is calling for more people to join protests around the world to show an allyship towards the women in Iran.
48% : We have unprecedented protests in Iran and yet the US gives the President of Iran a visa to come and speak at the UN,' she says.
47% : For Maryam Namazie, who fled Iran in 1980 after the revolution, the focus on the enforced veil rules is the clearest and most visible means of the Iranian regime's desire to control women.'Mahsa's death provoked rage, but we have to recognise that this is not an isolated incident,' explains Maryam, who also attended the London protests against forced veil wearing.
43% :'Women haven't got any rights in Iran, really.
42% : The more likely we keep it in the news, then Iran can't try and hide this story.'
40% : With no sign of the furore abating amongst those in Iran, President Ebrahim Raisi has said he will 'deal decisively' with protestors, with other officials calling for 'a need for action without leniency.'
40% : In a bid to curb further demonstrations, the people of Iran have been subjected to ongoing internet blackouts.
39% :'The people of Iran are really fed up,' she tells Metro.co.uk.
38% : Mahsa was pulled over by law enforcement for wearing her hijab - a veil worn over the head - too loosely, with a few strands of hair visible to passing crowds.
38% : Originally born in Iran, she left the country shortly before the 1979 revolution which saw the instillation of its hard-lined theocracy.
38% : The blackouts have made Lily fearful, she admits, as she still has close family living in Iran.
36% :'Even though many people are risking their lives in Iran by protesting, they're still ready to fight.
35% : Lily now believes that Iran may be on the cusp of major change, having been taken aback at how many people joined her at the protest in London.
35% :MORE : Violence breaks out outside Iran's embassy in London injuring five police officersMORE : Women burn headscarves on bonfires after anti-hijab protests escalate in Iran
19% : The tragic news has sparked over 10 days of protests across Iran, with women across the country taking to the streets of the country's 31 provinces including Tehran, Shiraz and Yazd, potentially risking death to burn the veils they have been forced to wear, and hack off large chunks of their hair as an act of defiance.

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