The US calls on Iran to end the “systematic persecution of women” after the death of Mahsa Amini

Sep. 20 (EUROPA PRESS) –

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Iran to end the “systematic persecution of women” after the death of a Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, who died shortly after being detained in Tehran for not wearing proper clothing. the Islamic veil or hijab.

“Mahsa Amini should be alive. Instead, the United States and the Iranian people mourn her death. We call on the Government of Iran to end its systematic persecution of women and allow peaceful protests,” he said in a message on your account on the social network Twitter.

Amini’s death has sparked protests and unrest in various parts of the country, with its epicenter in the Iranian Kurdistan region, where at least four people were killed and 75 wounded in gunfire by security forces on Monday.

The Tehran Police came out on Monday against the controversy and assured that Amini’s death was an “unfortunate incident that we hope will not be repeated”, in the words of the police commander in Greater Tehran, Sardar Hosein Rahimi, according to the Iranian news agency FARS.

Amini was arrested in Tehran when she was with her brother for “improperly” wearing the hijab. The intervention is attributed to agents of the Orientation Patrol or Moral Police, in charge of ensuring that dress standards are respected, which usually results in the arrest of women, although some men have also been arrested.