Azerbaijani Activists Express Solidarity with Iranian Protesters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "Today women's voices have covered all of Iran.
48% : But unlike Iran, Armenia's constitution calls for the separation of religion and state and protects the right of individuals to express their religious beliefs.
47% :Solidarity with protesters in IranArmenia is predominantly Muslim with the second largest Shia population in the world, after Iran.
39% :An activist and member of the opposition Musavat Party, Nigar Hezi, told VOA that the mandatory hijab-wearing in Iran for more than 30 years has reached an unbearable level and the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran's morality police for violating hijab rules was the final straw.
38% : A group of women's rights activists in Azerbaijan staged a protest Tuesday in central Baku to express solidarity with demonstrators in Iran angered by the death of a young woman held by authorities for improperly wear a head scarf.
38% :Activists in Baku say the hijab protests that have spread throughout Iran have been watched closely in Azerbaijan partly because many protesters have been detained in regions of Iran with predominantly Azerbaijani populations, including cities such as Tabriz, Urmia, Ardabil and Zanjan.
35% : The protests that have spread to various cities in Iran and Azerbaijan followed the death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini after being detained by the Iranian morality police.
35% : The protests in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini after being detained by the Iranian morality police have spread to various cities across the country.

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