1 of 1 A portrait of Mahsa Amini is shown during a demonstration in Washington calling for regime change in Iran following the young Kurdish woman’s death. Photo: AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File A portrait of Mahsa Amini is shown during a demonstration in Washington calling for regime change in Iran following the young Kurdish woman’s death. — Photo: AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File
Amjad Amini was prevented from leaving his home by Iranian agents. They arrested him and told him that the father of the student, whose death sparked massive demonstrations in Iran, could not visit his daughter’s grave.
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A Kurdish human rights organization cited by Portal said Amjad was also banned from attending a funeral ceremony planned for this Saturday.
The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) denied the case. However, did not specify whether Amjad was briefly detained or merely warned.
Masha was arrested because she did not wear a veil in accordance with the regime’s rules. Days later, she was hospitalized in Tehran with signs of aggression and died.
During the protests following the case, more than 500 people were killedincluding 71 minors. Hundreds more were injured and thousands arrested, including according to human rights groups.
Iran also carried out seven executions in connection with the protests. Human rights groups have also reported that Iranian authorities have arbitrarily detained family members of victims, cruelly restricted peaceful gatherings at gravesites and destroyed victims’ tombstones.
In recent weeks, many journalists, lawyers, activists, students, academics, artists, public figures and members of ethnic minorities have been arrested, threatened or fired from their jobs.
In August, the Etemad newspaper reported that the Amini family’s lawyer also faced charges of “propaganda against the system.” If convicted, Saleh Nikbakht could face a prison sentence of one to three years.