Amjad Amini, the father of Mahsa Amini, confirmed that he will commemorate the first anniversary of the killing of his daughter next Saturday, despite the threats he received from the Iranian authorities.
According to information published by Iran International on Thursday, Amjad was summoned to the Intelligence Office in Saqqez several times in the past two days and asked not to commemorate the first anniversary of his daughter’s killing.
They warned the family against holding events on the first anniversary of his daughter's death. Mahsa’s father vowed to go ahead with commemorations at Mahsa's grave.
According to the information, he was interrogated for hours and pressured to cancel the invitation to commemorate the anniversary. He stressed: “I did not accept this at all, and we will hold the ceremony.”
Last week, Mahsa’s parents wrote a post on Instagram saying like any grieving family, they will gather to commemorate the anniversary and will uphold their traditional and religious ceremonies.
Earlier, security forces detained and transferred Mahsa’s uncle to an undisclosed location.
On Tuesday, the regime forces arrested Safa, Mahsa Amini’s maternal uncle, from his home.
In the past five months, as the anniversary of the Iranian protests approached, regime forces arrested at least 80 members of families demanding justice.
Recently, several reports claimed regime armed forces have deployed in Kurdish cities in Iran.
Reports also indicated that security measures have been tightened throughout Iran, especially in the provinces of Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan.
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) established checkpoints in Sanandaj in the Kurdistan province.
The Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights reported “thousands” of IRGC special units sent to Amini's hometown of Saqqez, military vehicles deployed, and illegal checkpoints erected in Sanandaj.
Mahsa fell into a coma last year after being arrested by the morality police, and news of her death was published on September 16 in Kasra Hospital.
Hours after her death, several gathered in front of the hospital in protest, and during her funeral, a wave of protests broke out against the Iranian regime.
In the following days, the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement was formed after protests spread throughout the country.
According to human rights organizations, at least 570 citizens were killed in the protests, during which the regime’s armed forces attacked the demonstrators.
Thousands were arrested and sent to prison for participating in or supporting the protests.
Despite the Iranian regime's efforts to suppress protests, several organizations and groups called to organize marches and strikes throughout the country.
Gohar Eshghi, the mother of the 35-year-old blogger Sattar Beheshti, who was killed by the Iranian regime, called on the Iranian people to remember the young people who sacrificed their lives for the country.
