Iran Mourners Flock To Mahsa Amini Grave Despite Crackdown

Iran security forces crack down on mourners at Nika Shahkarami ceremony

Mourners gathering to commemorate the 40th day since the death of Nika Shahkarami, an Iranian teenager who went missing on September 20 after attending protests in the capital Tehran, were met with gunfire and tear gas by security forces, according to video posted on social media and geolocated by CNN.

Thousands protest 40 days after Masha Amini death in Iran

Mourners defied security measures in Iran to gather at the grave of Masha Amini - 40 days after she died following her arrest.The 22-year-old woman died on September 16 while in custody, three days after authorities took her in for allegedly not complying with the country’s strict rules on wearing hijabs.Shouts of “woman, life, freedom” and “death to the dictator” were heard at the Aichi cemetery in Saqqez, where Ms Amini is buried, on Wednesday.

Mourners Mark 40 Days Since Mahsa Amini’s Death as Iranian Protests Continue

In Iran, university students in Tehran and across the country continue to defy heightened security and a bloody government crackdown on protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last month. Students refused to return to class after Iranian authorities alleged a university student in Tehran had died of suicide; authorities have been repeatedly accused of covering up the killing of student protesters by Iranian security forces. Stude…

Mourners at anti-hijab protest in Iran fired on by police, 40 days after Mahsa Amini’s death

Police fired on protesters yesterday after they marched to the grave of Mahsa Amini, the young woman whose death in custody last month prompted anti-regime demo

Iran Forces Fire on Protesters Marking 40 Days Since Mahsa Amini's Death

Meanwhile, Iranian state media said a gunman killed at least a dozen people at a Shi'a shrine in Shiraz, an attack for which the Sunni militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility.

Clashes in Iran as thousands gather at Mahsa Amini's grave, 40 days after her death

By Celine Alkhaldi, Adam Pourahmadi and Tara John, CNNClashes broke out throughout Iran Wednesday as thousands of people came to the burial site of Mahsa Amini in Saqqez, a city in the Kurdistan province, to mark 40 days since her death, semi-official Iranian state news agency ISNA said.Protests have swept through the Islamic Republic following the death of the 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, who died on September 16 after being detained by “…