On October 26, 2022, protesters in Iran marked 40 days since the death of Jina (“Mahsa”) Amini during an arrest by Iran’s morality police for not wearing her hijab - headscarf “properly.” Protesters marched to Amini’s grave outside of Saqqez in Iranian Kurdistan despite road closures, and they chanted slogans including “We will overthrow the dictator, [and] we will avenge Jina!” and “This is the year of a bloody [uprising], Khamenei will be toppled!” The footage in this clip originated from various social media accounts, including Iran International Media on Instagram, BBC Persian journalist Khosro Kalbasi Isfahani’s Twitter account, and Kurdistan human rights on Instagram.
On September 16, 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman named Mahsa “Zhina” Amini died after being beaten and arrested by Iran’s morality police for not wearing her hijab (headscarf) properly. As a result, protests broke out throughout Iran. This clip is a compilation of footage from the protests. In this clip, protestors can be seen violently clashing with Iranian authorities, beating policemen, destroying vehicles belong to Iran’s police and security forces, burning pictures of slain IRGC Qods Force Commander Qasem Soleimani, and chanting slogans such as “Khamenei, [you] evil man, we will bury you in the ground!”, “Death to the Islamic Republic!”, and “Be wary of the day when we have weapons!”