ISTANBUL, Turkey — A woman cut her hair on Wednesday as dozens of
others cheered at a protest held outside Tehran’s Istanbul consulate in
solidarity with
Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody sparked mass
unrest.
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Turkish and
Iranian women outside the consulate brandished portraits of
22-year-old Amini, who died last week after being arrested by Iran’s morality
police for allegedly wearing a headscarf in an “improper” way.
“We are all
Mahsa Amini,” read one banner.
“Iranian women’s
fight for freedom is our own fight. Long live our international solidarity!”
another said.
Nasibe Samsaei,
the Iranian woman who cut her hair outside the consulate, was following the
example of other women who have joined protests across Iran, in which at least
eight have died, according to official figures and human rights groups.
Several other
Turkish women rights’ activists cut their hair in messages posted on Twitter.
“The women who
resist in Iran will never walk alone,” one of the Twitter posts said.
A large police
force was deployed outside the consulate, but the protest ended peacefully,
according to an AFP photographer.
Iran has a large
diaspora in Turkey, which was estimated at 120,000 people in 2021.
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