
Many of the world's female foreign ministers will discuss the "brutal" crackdown against protesters in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement on Wednesday.
Joly and 14 others will meet virtually on Thursday at 8 a.m. ET (1200 GMT) to address unrest ignited by the death last month of Mahsa Amini while being held by Iran's morality police. The incident has been a flashpoint for one of the boldest challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.