Iranian authorities detained the father of Mahsa Amini on the one-year anniversary of her death Saturday, Iranian journalists and rights groups have said. Amini was killed in the custody of the morality police on September 16, 2022, after being arrested for allegedly failing to wear her headscarf properly. Her death triggered protests throughout Iran.
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Iranian journalist and founder of activist outlet “IranWire” Maziar Bahari told CNN Amini’s father, Amjad, has been regularly summoned by security officers in the months following his daughter’s death. “Today he was detained for a few hours,” Bahari told CNN. Amini’s family had visited her grave in the western Kurdish city of Saqqez on Friday, the eve of the one-year anniversary of her death, IranWire reported Saturday.
Helicopters were seen hovering over the Aichi cemetery with numerous military personnel and police officers also stationed throughout the area, IranWire added…
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