Iran lived a night of timid protests on the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Aminion a day in which One Islamic militiaman was killed and three were injured, in the midst of a huge security deployment. The protests occurred in cities such as Tehran, Mashad, Rasht and especially in the cities of Iranian Kurdistan, where Amini came from, who died on September 16, 2022 after being arrested for wearing her veil incorrectly.

His death sparked strong protests that for months called for the end of the Islamic Republic and only disappeared after a repression that caused 500 deathsthe arrest of at least 22,000 detained and in which seven protesters were executed, one of them in public.

Videos posted on social media by activists showed small and dispersed rallies in some cities, where they shouted “death to the dictator,” in reference to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and “life, woman, freedom”, the motto of the protests. In one of the videos there are two women without veils standing on a platform while vehicles in the area honk in a show of support in Tehran.

In the western city of Nurabad, an attack against security forces took place in which a member of the Basiji Islamic militia was killed and three were wounded, the Fars agency reported.

The attack occurred late in the afternoon when two men riding a motorcycle shot at the basiji deployed to prevent protests and fled the scene without being identified.

These small signs of discontent are the most important that have occurred since May, when there were new protests over the execution of three protesters for crimes allegedly committed during the revolt, after several months of calm in the streets of the Persian country.

Last night’s small protests occurred amid a huge police presence on the streets of cities like Tehranwhere in some areas there were groups of riot police every few meters, and police officers on motorcycles toured the city.

In Saqez, Amini’s hometown, located in Iranian Kurdistan, Revolutionary Guard forces were deployed days ago to prevent protests, according to activists. There, the authorities yesterday prevented Amini’s family from holding a ceremony at the Aichi cemetery, where she is buried and where the first veils waved and the first “woman, life and freedom” were shouted during her burial.

The authorities reported the arrest of several people who intended to “cause chaos” and collaborate with “hostile media” in three provinces of the country, although they did not indicate the number of those arrested or their identities.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard also reported the arrest of a citizen with dual Iranian nationality for “trying to organize protests and sabotage,” indicated the official IRNA agency. The media did not clarify the nationalities of the detainee. Iran frequently detains citizens with dual American or European nationality and charges them with crimes against national security.

Before the anniversary of the young woman’s death, the authorities intensified repression in the previous weeks with the arrest of activists, journalists and relatives of those who died in the protests to avoid new signs of discontent.