NEWS CENTER – 22-year-old Jina Emini was detained by the Moral Police on 13 September in Tehran for not covering her head well. Since then, there have been protest actions across Eastern Kurdistan and Iran.
Security forces even threatened Jina Emini’s family with death at her grave, according to human rights defenders. It is stated that the state forces threatened that a child of the family could be killed, especially.
Despite this, thousands of people gathered at Jina Emini’s grave. The slogan “Kurdistan will be a graveyard for fascism” is also heard in the images published on virtual networks.
Marches were sung at Emini’s grave. According to the images published on virtual networks, Iranian state forces attacked the people with live bullets and tear gas bombs during the ongoing protest actions in the city. People took to the streets in the cities of Mahabad, Sine and Bokan in Eastern Kurdistan. While fires were lit during the protests, clashes were reported as a result of attacks by state forces at many points.
