Hundreds rallied against the Iranian government outside San Francisco City Hall Sunday afternoon as protests spread across the globe following 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's death after being detained by her country's morality police.
Protests in Iran, largely led by women, have been met with violence from law enforcement. Civil unrest is spilling into its fourth week, as the regime's use of force appears to be growing more brutal. Officials say 185 people have been killed there during the unrest. Some of them were children.
"We stand with you, we stand with you for women, life, and freedom, until the deaths stop, until the killing stop, until basic human rights reign the day." Chiu said."I want you to take a moment and just look around, look around at this beautiful diaspora of Iranian California, of Iranian America, but more importantly, we are the diaspora of the world saying to the power structure of Iran, 'We are going to take you down.
Marchers chanted anti-government slogans and twirled headscarves in repudiation of coercive religious dress codes. In some areas, merchants shuttered shops in response to a call by activists for a commercial strike or to protect their wares from damage.
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