From Foreign Waters

  Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has come out in support of Iranian women who have been protesting over the death of an Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini. Chopra expressed solidarity with Iranian women. She wrote on Instagram, "Women in Iran and around the world are standing up and raising their voices, publicly cutting their hair and protesting for Mahsa Amini, whose young life was taken away brutally by the Iranian Morality Police for wearing her hijab 'improperly'. The voices that speak after ages of forced silence, will rightfully burst like a volcano! They will not and MUST not be stemmed.” The Bollywood actress urged the authorities and people in power to help protesters and understand their issues. She further said, “These voices can no longer be forced to stay silent. I stand with you. Jin, jiyan , azaadi... Women, life, freedom.” The protests in Iran erupted after the death of Amini. She was arrested on September 13 while leaving a Tehran metro station with he...

    Mahsa Amini, 22, from the Iranian -Kurdish town of Saqez, was arrested this month in Tehran due to her “unsuitable attire” by the morality police, which enforces the country's strict dress code for women. Her death has sparked the first big show of opposition on Iran's streets since authorities crushed protests against a rise in petrol prices in 2019.  “At least 83 people including children are confirmed to have been killed in [the] #IranProtests,” Iran Human Rights , a Norway-based group, said on Twitter. Despite the growing death toll and a fierce crackdown by authorities, videos posted on Twitter showed demonstrators calling for the fall of the clerical establishment in Tehran, Qom, Rasht, Sanandaj, Masjed-i-Suleiman and other cities.