Iran, that veil has become unbearable: the US is thinking of new sanctions

On the 17th day of protests for Masha Amini, still demonstrations in Iran.

At least 100 cities involved across the country and a hundred dead almost three weeks after the death of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died while she was in police custody for her morale because she was wearing the veil badly.

The protest among the most important since the green revolution of 2009 is considered by some analysts to be a threat to the Shiite regime of ayatollahs, which for 40 years has ruled the country according to the strict laws of the Koran.

On social media, there are many videos depicting Iranian security forces violently repressing those who demonstrate in the streets and even in front of universities.

The Revolutionary Guard even hits teenagers and pacifists.

The protest also takes place in nearby Taliban

where the Afghan women solidarize with their Iranian neighbors oppressed by the strict Islamic laws on religious clothing.

There are those like Masih Alimejad Iranian journalist and human rights activist in exile in the US, who associate the hijab with the Berlin Wall: "if the veil falls, everything falls" writes:

The world looks with concern at the violent repression of the square in the Islamic Republic.

Hundreds of demonstrations are held in the main cities of the planet in support of those asking for reforms in Tehran, starting from that veil that has become unbearable not only for women.

Protests also documented by the

arrested yesterday in Tehran, with the Farnesina committed to his release.

Supreme leader

for the first time since the riots began, accusing the US and Israel of fomenting young Iranians.

In a statement, President

replies that already this week "the United States will impose new sanctions on perpetrators of violence against peaceful protesters" in Iran.

The president said he was "gravely worried by the news of the ever-growing repression of protesters in Iran, including students and women" and specified that "the United States stands on the side of Iranian women and all Iranian citizens whose courage is a source. of inspiration for the world ". 

In recent months, the US had claimed to have evidence that Tehran had supplied Moscow with drones ready for use in Ukraine.

But the spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry,

called the allegations of complicity with Russia "baseless".

Since the beginning of the conflict, Iran has always expressed "clear impartiality, opposition to the war and the need for a political resolution for the differences between the two sides, avoiding the use of violence," added Kanani.

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