The German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has expressed their solidarity with the people of Iran on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini.
The 22-year-old Kurdish woman was detained by Iran's morality police and accused of wearing her hijab improperly. Her death in custody on September 16, 2022, triggered some of the biggest protests against the Iranian regime in years with protesters chanting, "Women. Life. Freedom." The security forces responded with a violent crackdown.
"Even if the protests have disappeared from the headlines, we will not leave the people of Iran on their own," Baerbock said. "We will place the fate of the people in Iran on the agenda in Brussels, New York and Geneva," reports DW.
The German foreign minister said the EU had sanctioned Iranian officials, and that the UN was documenting human rights violations so that those responsible could be brought to justice.
According to rights groups, more than 500 people have died in the crackdown on protesters in Iran, while thousands have been arrested.
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