Masha Amini's father is detained in Iran so that he does not commemorate his daughter's death

Iranian security forces temporarily detained Mahsa Amini's father this Saturday to warn him not to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of his daughter, who died a year ago after being detained for not wearing the Islamic veil properly.

“Amjad Amini was detained this morning by repressive forces as he was leaving his home in Saqez and returned home hours later,” the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights reported.

The organization opposed to the Tehran regime has stated that the 22-year-old girl's family home is “surrounded by military forces” in Iranian Kurdistan to prevent them from carrying out a religious ceremony to commemorate her death.

Iranian security forces have also imposed tight restrictions on the Aichi cemetery, where Amini is buried, where protests began a day after her death on September 16, 2022, according to Iran Human Rights.

The opposition NGO Hengaw has also confirmed Amjad's arrest and the security measures at the cemetery.

Amini's death sparked strong protests shouting “women, life, freedom” that for months called for the end of the Islamic Republic and which died out after a repression that caused 500 deaths, thousands of arrests and in which seven protesters were executed. , one of them in public.

In recent weeks, the Iranian authorities have intensified warnings and repressive measures to try to prevent the anniversary of the 22-year-old's death from provoking new demonstrations with more demands for freedoms.

Dozens of relatives of those killed in the demonstrations have suffered arbitrary arrests, restrictions on peaceful gatherings at gravesites and the destruction of tombstones, Amnesty International has reported.

The most notorious case is that of Amini's uncle, Safa Aeli, who was arrested last week at his home in Saqez, in Iranian Kurdistan, and whose whereabouts are unknown, according to activists.