Hundreds protest in Turkey in support of Iranian women

Hundreds protest in Turkey in support of Iranian women

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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Turkey on Sunday to condemn Iran’s crackdown on women-led demonstrations, sparked by the death of a young woman after her arrest by the country’s notorious morality police.

In Istanbul, many Iranians were among the hundreds of people who chanted slogans against the Tehran regime and in support of Iranian women.

Women held red roses, Iranian flags and signs reading “Women, Life, Freedom,” the rallying cry of the protest movement that has rocked Iran and was sparked last month by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd.

In Diyarbakir, a southeastern city with a majority Kurdish population, around 200 people gathered and waved photos of Iranian women killed in the raid and a large banner with the slogan “Women, Life, Freedom” in Kurdish, an AFP reported -Correspondent.

A solidarity demonstration with Iranian women, attended by hundreds of people, was also held in the western city of Izmir on Saturday night, according to images published on social media and confirmed by AFP.

At least 92 people have been killed in Iran since protests began two weeks ago, Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights said on Sunday.

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