People were outraged by the brutal suppression of protests by the Iranian authorities.
On Saturday, October 22, tens of thousands of people gathered in Berlin to support the protests against the regime in Iran, which have been going on for five weeks. This is reported by the German press, including Spiegel and Bild.
It is reported that about 80,000 people came to the demonstration – the figure was calculated with the help of a police helicopter. The participants of the action gathered from different parts of Europe and protested around the Victory Column. People joined the action in organized columns. She was also supported by numerous Iranians who came from dozens of cities to support their fellow citizens who have been protesting against the Islamic Republic and its authoritarian rule for over a month. opposes oppression and discrimination in Iran. It was supported by numerous other public organizations for human rights. The main slogan of the protest is “Woman, Life, Freedom”.
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The reason for mass protests in Iran was the death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, Gina Mahsa Amini. In September, the so-called morality police arrested her because she allegedly did not follow the mandatory rules of wearing a hijab – hair was visible from under it. The woman died in police custody on September 16. After her death, thousands of people demonstrated against the repressive course and the Islamic system of government.
Later 16-year-old Iranian girl Niki Shakarami became a victim of Iranian security forces. Her mother denied official claims that her daughter had fallen from a high-rise building and said that the girl had died from blows to the head during a crackdown on anti-hijab protests.
Young women often lead protests, tearing down and waving headscarves in a demonstrative way. , calling for the overthrow of the government. The protests quickly spread across Iran and were met with a harsh crackdown by the government, including beatings, arrests and killings of demonstrators.
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Currently in power in Iran is an ultra-conservative group of the political class associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), or Pasdaran. The KIR can be compared to the troops of Stalin's NKVD, reinforced by aviation, tanks and naval forces. Will these protests be the beginning of dramatic changes in the country, or will they lead to the fall of the regime? Read about it in Ihor Semivolos' article “Protests in Iran: what is happening and will the regime fall“.
