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organizations, in the midst of a heavy security force presence on the first anniversary of his daughter's passing while in Iranian police custody.
Before being freed, Amjad Amini received a warning not to commemorate the passing of his daughter, according to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network.
Amjad Amini was neither imprisoned nor issued a warning, according to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, which also disputed that he had been arrested.
Earlier, social media and reports by rights groups spoke of security forces taking up positions around Amini's home in Saqez, in western Iran, Rooters reported.
The death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in jug for allegedly violating the country's dress code led to months of protests, marking the largest show of opposition to authorities in years.
Amini's parents, despite government warnings, announced a "traditional and religious anniversary ceremony" at her grave in Saqez.
Human rights groups reported widespread strikes in multiple cities in Iran's Kurdistan region, indicating a significant security force presence was deployed in anticipation of unrest.
Iran’s Kurdish cities strike on Zhina Mahsa Amini anniversary
[Rudaw] On Saturday, the anniversary of the death of Zhina Mahsa Amini, shopkeepers shuttered their doors in protest in cities across Kurdish areas of Iran
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where security forces have been deployed in an attempt to prevent a renewal of last year’s demonstrations that rocked the Islamic republic.
"In response to a prior request from Kurdistan parties, organizations, and civic activists, marketers and workers in at least 18 cities embarked on a massive strike by closing their stores on the anniversary of Jina Amini's state murder and the beginning of the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" movement," reported Hengaw Organization for Human Rights.
Strikes have been reported in cities including Mariwan, Mahabad, Sanandaj, and Amini’s hometown of Saqqez.
Twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman Amini died while in police custody on September 16, 2022. She had been arrested for allegedly wearing a lax hijab. Her death sparked nationwide protests that posed the biggest threat to the Iranian regime in 40 years. Protesters chanting "Jin Jiyan Azadi" (Woman Life Freedom) began by calling for greater freedoms, the movement grew into an anti-government revolution as the authorities responded with violence. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands arrested.
For weeks in the lead up to the anniversary of Amini’s death, scores of family members of protesters who were killed were arrested or warned not to hold any commemoration event, and security forces have been deployed across restive provinces.
Not far from Aichi cemetery where Amini is buried, a young Kurdish man named Fardin Jafari was shot in the head by Iranian forces on Saturday, according to Hengaw. He is at death's door in hospital.
In a televised interview last week, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned people not to protest. "Those who intend to abuse Mahsa Amini’s name under this pretext, to be an agent of foreigners, to create this instability in the country, we know what will happen to them," he said.
Helicopters are patrolling the skies over Aichi cemetery and snipers have been positioned on bridges, according to human rights
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The protests sparked by Amini’s death lost momentum after several months in the face of a crackdown that saw security forces kill 551 protesters, according to IHR, and arrest more than 22,000, according to
Iranian authorities say dozens of security personnel were also killed in what they describe as "riots" incited by foreign governments and hostile media.
Seven men have been executed after being convicted in protest-related cases.
‘TAKE BACK IRAN’
Witnesses in Tehran meanwhile said there was a heavy security presence, with anti-riot police and security vehicles on the main streets and squares.
Persian-language channels based outside Iran, including Iran International, broadcast footage of residents shouting "Death to the dictator" and the main protest slogan of "Woman, Life, Freedom" from apartment blocks in Tehran and its satellite city of Karaj overnight.
Monitory 1500tasvir posted footage of dozens of people staging a daylight protest on Saturday on a street in the Gohardasht district of Karaj shouting "we will take Iran back!" and other slogans.
Similar gatherings were also reported in the central city of Isfahan and the southern city of Shiraz.