updatedSeptember 21, 2022, 07:46
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New YorkCassis meets the Iranian president Raisi and talks about the death of Mahsa Amini (22).
Federal President Ignazio Cassis is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. There he met, among others, the arch-conservative Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi.
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Federal President Cassis during his meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
–Twitter / Ignaziocassis
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–Cassis also expressed his concern over Masha Amini’s death and called for respect for human rights, the federal president wrote on Twitter.
–Twitter / @ ignaziocassis
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–The police and the government of the arch-conservative president Raisi have not been able to explain themselves due to the death of the woman and the national indignation.
–IMAGO / ZUMA wire
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President Cassis has expressed his concern to Iranian President Raisi over the death of Mahsa Amini.
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The 22-year-old fell into a coma and died after being arrested by the religious police.
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Women in Iran have publicly burned the veil in solidarity.
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Federal President Ignazio Cassis met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. At the center of the meeting were bilateral relations between Switzerland and Iran, Switzerland’s mandate as a protecting power and the maintenance of the Iranian nuclear agreement. “I also expressed my concern over the death of Mahsa Amini and demanded that human rights be respected, “Cassis said on Twitter.
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Last Tuesday, 22-year-old Amini was from the moral and religious police arrested because of her “non-Islamic dress”. state. Exactly what happened next is unclear, but Amini fell into a coma and died in the hospital on Friday. According to the police, the young woman had heart problems and passed out at the station.
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Mahsa Amini, 22, collapsed at the police station after being arrested by the deputy team.
–Dailymotion / Euronews
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The Iranian government is under pressure
However, another version was also circulating online. After the arrest it will be her Tested against the police car window been used, which led to a brain hemorrhage. The police vehemently denied this account. A photo of the young woman on her hospital bed, connected to a ventilator, went around the world.
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The police and the government of the arch-conservative president Raisi have not been able to explain themselves due to the death of the woman and the national indignation. In addition to the outrage over the Amini case, the economic situation has been poor for some time and many people are experiencing the crisis hard in everyday life. “There is no color darker than black” is how a demonstrator in Tehran described her acute despair.
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Women burn their veils
Women he publicly burned the veil in solidarity with Amini, in other cities of the Islamic Republic and in the hometown of Amini, Kurdistan, numerous people took to the streets. According to the media, there were violent clashes between security forces and demonstrators.
In multiple places, protest participants shouted: “We are not afraid, we are all together” – a slogan that had become particularly popular during demonstrations following the disputed presidential elections in 2009.
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