“We are on the side of the citizens, of the brave women in Iran,” said US President Joe Biden and noted that he was deeply impressed by the ongoing protests in the country, France Press reported, quoted by BTA.
Biden said he was overwhelmed by the protest movement triggered by the death of the young Iranian Mahsa Amini.
“It unleashed something in Iran that I don’t think will subside for a long, long time,” he stressed yesterday during a visit to California.
Biden arrived in the Southern California city of Irvine to deliver a speech on a completely different topic: the cost of healthcare in the United States..
Upon seeing a group of protesters holding “Free Iran” placards, however, he first turned his attention to the protests that erupted in Iran following the September 16 death of the Iranian Kurdish woman Amini, three days after being was arrested by Amini. moral police for violating dress codes.
Women “should be able to wear what they want, for God’s sake”,
Biden said. “Iran must end the violence against its citizens who are simply enjoying their basic rights,” she added.
In addition to the president, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken yesterday expressed his support for the protests in Iran,
who met with representatives of the Iranian diaspora in the country, and Vice President Kamala Harris, who invited actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi.
“We are seeing something extraordinary across the country, driven primarily by women and young people,” said Blinken.
Harris, in turn, said that the courage of these women has inspired her and the world and promised Boniadi Washington’s cooperation “to ensure these important voices are heard, including by facilitating access to the Internet” in Iran.
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