IN IMAGES, IN PICTURES. In Iran, protesters defy prohibitions despite repression, a week after the death of Mahsa Amini

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The anger does not subside in Iran. Since the death in disturbing circumstances of Mahsa Aminia 22-year-old young woman, on September 16 in Tehran, thousands of demonstrators take to the streets every day to denounce the repression of the vice police who patrol to check the application of Islamic rules, such as the compulsory wearing of the headscarf for women.

Violent clashes oppose thesecurity forces to protesters in major cities across the country. A report from the NGO Iran Human Rights released on Saturday, September 24 reports at least 54 dead, especially in the north of the country. Iranian authorities put the figure at 41 dead. In the front line of this revolt: Iranian women, who for a week have been removing their veils and cutting their hair to challenge the power in place.

As a sign of protest, some young Iranian women, their faces completely uncovered, take the risk of posting videos on social networks in which they revisit the Italian revolutionary anthem in Persian. Bella ciao. A symbol shared virally all over the world.

To show their opposition to religious laws, some demonstrators decided to attack the symbols of the Islamic Republic established in 1979. By unbolting statues or tearing down portraits political figures who introduced these laws across the country more than 40 years ago.

By physically attacking the symbols of the Islamic Republic, the demonstrators defy the prohibitions, block the main arteries of the big cities and do not hesitate to directly confront the police by setting fire to police vehicles, despite fierce repression, like here in Tehran, near Sadeghieh Square.


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