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Fans urged to chant Mahsa Amini name at Iran World Cup games

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 29, 2022 Iranian refugees and Iranians living in Greece lit candles forming the name ‘Mahsa’ during a demonstration to commemorate 40 days from the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini while in police custody in Iran, in central Athens. – Vice President Kamala Harris vowed on November 2, 2022 that the United States would work to remove Iran from a UN body on women’s rights as she saluted the “bravery” of women-led protests against the clerical state. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP)

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Fans urged to chant Mahsa Amini name at Iran World Cup games

PARIS: Activists have called on football fans attending Iran’s matches at the World Cup starting later this month to chant the name of Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody sparked nationwide protests. Iran has been rocked by eight weeks of protests since Amini’s death, after her arrest for an alleged breach of the country’s strict dress rules for women based on Islamic sharia law. In spite of a bloody crackdown, the protests that initially saw women burn their hijab headscarves and cut their hair have evolved into a broader movement calling for the end of the Islamic republic.