This second consecutive demonstration in two days in Paris to denounce the death in detention of Mahsa Amini, arrested in Tehran on September 13 by the police of manners for “wearing inappropriate clothes”
Le Monde with AFP
French police used, Sunday, September 25, tear gas to prevent thousands of people parading in Paris to protest against the repression of demonstrations in Iran from reaching the Embassy of the Islamic Republic, according to journalists from the ‘Agency France-Presse.
This second consecutive demonstration in two days in Paris to denounce the death in detention of Mahsa Amini, 22, arrested in Tehran on September 13 by the police of manners for “port of inappropriate clothes”
Party of Place du Trocadéro, the Parisian procession headed for the Iranian Embassy to the sound of slogans such as “woman, life, freedom!”, Echoing those of demonstrators in Iran, or “France, that’s enough silence”.
Participants criticize French President Emmanuel Macron in particular for having shakes the hand of his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raïssi during their meeting on September 20 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, relating in particular to a recovery of the International Agreement on the Tehran Nuclear Program. 2> a person arrested in Paris
The Paris police prefecture reported “4,000 people” gathered Place d’Iéna. On several occasions, groups have attempted to force the dam put in place by the police which have used “intermediate means of intervention” [tear gas] to repel them, according to the police headquarters. A person was arrested for “contempt and rebellion” and a police officer was slightly injured, added the prefecture.
In London, a rally was also held in a tense atmosphere near the Iranian embassy. “Protesters tried to cross the police dams and thrown projectiles on the agents,” the British police said in a statement, which reported five arrests.
Furthermore, the European Union (EU) judged on Sunday “unjustifiable and unacceptable” the generalized and disproportionate use of force “against the demonstrators in Iran. In a statement on behalf of the EU, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell also condemns “the decision of the Iranian authorities to drastically restrict internet access and block instant messaging platforms”, which “constitutes a blatant violation freedom of expression “.
In Iran, at least 41 people have been killed and hundreds arrested in Iran since the announcement on September 16 of the death of Mahsa Amini, according to the latest official assessment.