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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Protesters Rally to Mark 40 Days Since Amini’s Death

A member of the Iranian community living in Türkiye attends a protest in support of Iranian women and against the death of Mahsa Amini, near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Türkiye, October 24, 2022. (Reuters)

Hundreds of protesters poured into the streets of a northwestern Iranian city on Wednesday to mark the watershed 40 days since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose tragedy sparked Iran's biggest anti-government movement in over a decade.

In Amini's Kurdish hometown of Saqez, the birthplace of the nationwide unrest now roiling Iran, crowds snaked through the local cemetery and thronged her grave.

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