His strong concern for her violent repression by Iranian authorities of protests over the death of Mahsha Amini after she was arrested by the moral police the UN expressed on Tuesday (19/9).
“The acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nassif today expressed her concern about the death in custody of Mahsa Amini – who had been arrested by the “morality police” of Iran which implements the strict rules on the use of the hijab – and the violent response of the security forces to the protests that followed,” the UN statement underlined.
“The tragic death of Mahsa Amini and the allegations of torture and ill-treatment must be the subject of a prompt, impartial and effective investigation by an independent competent authority which will ensure, above all, that her family has access to justice and the truth,” she said. al Nasif.
Criticism from within
In a rare move, an Iranian lawmaker, Jalal Rashidi Kouchi, criticized the morality police for their actions, saying they “do not bring any results, other than causing damage to the country.”
“The main problem is that some people don’t want to see reality,” he added.
Tehran Governor Mohsen Mansouri, for his part, accused the protesters of attacking the police and damaging public property.
Mansouri said in a tweet overnight that “key elements of tonight’s gatherings in Tehran were fully organized and designed to cause riots.”
“Flag burning, oil spilling on the streets, stone pelting, attacks on the policethe burning of motorcycles and garbage cans, the destruction of public property is not the work of ordinary people”, he assessed.
Demonstrations spread yesterday Monday in many provinces of Iran and mainly in Iranian Kurdistan, where Amini came from.
Kurdish rights group Hengaw said three people were killed in the area yesterday when security forces opened fire, downgrading an earlier toll of five.
According to the same img, demonstrations took place in 13 cities in Kurdistan yesterday and 250 people were arrested.
Criticism of Amini’s death has been widespread on social media, with the hashtag #MahsaAmini in Persian garnering nearly 3 million mentions on Twitter.
Videos posted on social media show protests in several citieswith women waving their headscarves in the air and other people clashing with security forces.
Video from Tehran shows police cars with broken windows as security forces use a water cannon to disperse the gathered crowd.
In the northern province of Gilan, police arrested 22 people for causing damage to public property, the deputy police chief said.
Source: News Beast
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