Since September the compelling images of the massive demonstrations have been leaking out to the worldwide media.
The authoritarian government continues to crack down on the average Iranian by shutting down the internet.
Protesters want a more liberal society. And the government, since the 1980s, has continued to rule with the strictest interpretations of Islam.
In many ways, this is a feminist uprising. Women are being murdered for simply removing their hijabs in public.
EU Sanctions
On Monday at a meeting in Brussels the EU issued a statement claiming that sanctions were being imposed due to the Iranian governments “role in the death of Mahsa Amini and the violent response to the recent demonstrations in Iran.”
The EU statement said the “use of force against peaceful protestors” was “unjustifiable and unacceptable,’ because “people in Iran, as anywhere else, have the right to peacefully protest…”
The statement called for the death of Amini to be “investigated in an independent and transparent manner and any[one] proved responsible for her death…held accountable.”
