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Death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini and 2022 protests
· Saqqez, Iran
The death in custody of a young Kurdish Iranian woman triggered nationwide protests in which Kurdish areas played a prominent role, followed by Iranian strikes on Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq.
What happened
Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman from the Kurdish city of Saqqez, died in police custody in September 2022, triggering nationwide protests under the banner "Woman, Life, Freedom"; Saqqez and other Kurdish areas played a prominent role in the resulting protest movement.[1]
Iranian authorities blamed Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, including the KDPI, Komala and PJAK, for fomenting the protests, and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps struck these groups' bases in Iraqi Kurdistan; Kurdish exile representatives said their organizational role in the protests was limited and that the Iranian government was scapegoating them.[2]
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Claim: Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman from the Kurdish city of Saqqez, died in police custody in September 2022, triggering nationwide protests under the banner "Woman, Life, Freedom" ("Jin, Jiyan, Azadi"); Saqqez and other Kurdish areas played a prominent role in the resulting protest movement.
- TIMELINE: A Year of Protests (The Iran Primer, United States Institute of Peace) link, Background and Kurdish role sections. Source record
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Claim: Iranian authorities blamed Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, including the KDPI, Komala and the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), for fomenting the 2022 protests, and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out strikes against these groups' bases in Iraqi Kurdistan; Kurdish exile representatives said their organizational role in the protests was limited and that the Iranian government was scapegoating them.
- Why Iran's Protest Movement Cannot Succeed Without the Kurds (Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA)) link, Iranian response section. Source record