DUBAI: British singer Harry Styles honored 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in Iran a month ago, at his concert in Chicago this week.
He held up a sign that read: “Stand with the women of Iran. #MahsaAmini.”
Thank you, @Harry_Styles.
#Mahsa_Amini #مهسا_امینی
#IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/a1aVN2UcEp— Len Khodorkovsky (@MessageFromLen) October 15, 2022
Amini died after she was detained and allegedly beaten by the morality police for wearing her hijab in an “insufficiently modest” manner.
“According to reliable reports and witnesses, she was brutally beaten and mistreated in custody, which led to her hospitalization and to her death,” the EU said on Monday.
However, Iran’s government insists Amini was not mistreated.Demonstrations have been raging in cities, towns and villages across Iran since mid-September.
From Tehran and elsewhere, online videos have emerged despite authorities disrupting the internet. Videos showed some women marching through the streets without headscarves, while others confronted officials and lit fires.
A handful of celebrities around the world have been showing their support for women in Iran, including Palestinian-Dutch model Bella Hadid, the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, superstar Angelina Jolie, singer Britney Spears, two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, and British musician Roger Waters.
This week, Markle was spotted wearing a t-shirt that read: “Woman, Life, Freedom,” in Persian.
“Respect to the brave, defiant, fearless women of Iran … Women don’t need their morals policed, their minds reeducated, or their bodies controlled. They need freedom to live and breathe without violence or threats,” wrote Jolie on Instagram.
Spears, who is married to US-Iranian model Sam Asghari, tweeted: “Me & my husband stand with the people of Iran fighting for freedom.”
