tensions as one year since the death of Mahsa Amini approaches

Is there particular tension in Tehran and Iran as the anniversary of the death of Mahsah Amini? “Her cousin just sent me a video of the cemetery where her cousin is buried, where tanks were deployed. There is a strong presence police force which has increased in recent days. There is a slowdown in the Internet. We feel that the regime is afraid of what could happen and that it wants to dissuade the demonstrators from going out to demonstrate.”specifies Mariam PirzadehIran specialist at France 24.

Fear of power

What do the authorities fear? “They do not want to find themselves in the situation following the death of Mahsah Amini (…) there are preventive arrests, threats, including in the diaspora abroad”notes David Rigoulet–Roze, specialist researcher in the Middle East. “It has always been dangerous. But I believe that death gave me the courage to defy this repression. They are not afraid of dying, they were afraid of being arrested”concludes Mariam Pirzadeh.