Trigger warning: execution, police brutality, death
Iranian womenhave been celebrating thedeath of former Iranian PresidentEbrahim Raisi, known as the “Butcher of Tehran,” following his fatal helicopter crash amid widespread backlash for his brutal crackdown on protests andhuman rightsviolations.
“We freely dance and celebrate on your dirty grave,” Mersedeh Shahinkar cheered alongside her friend, Sima Moradbeigi, in avideoshared on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Iranian Journalist Masih Alinejad shared avideoof a mother dancing with her daughter. She captioned it: “Just a few months ago, Ebrahim Raisi executed her son, Now, she’s dancing over his death in a helicopter crash.”
Iranian women are celebrating the death of former President Ebrahim Raisi, known as the “Butcher of Tehran”
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“I told you Iranianwomenare wounded, but unbowed to their oppressors.
ما بر سر گور کثیف و نجستتان آزادانه میرقصیم و جشن میگیریم#زن_زندگی_ازادی@simamoradb51053pic.twitter.com/RnHP9Ht8ir
— MersedeH_eye (@mersedeh_eye)May 19, 2024
Civil unrest and protests against the governmentof the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini began on 16 September 2022 and carried on into 2023.
Mahsa was a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in a hospital in Tehran under suspicious circumstances.
The Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran’s government, arrested her for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards.
The former president died in a helicopter crash on Sunday (May 19)
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The Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran stated that she had a heart attack at a police station, collapsed, and fell into a coma before being transferred to a hospital.
However, eyewitnesses, including women who were detained with Mahsa, reported that she was severely beaten and that she died as a result of police brutality.
In September 2023, theBBCreported that the protests were “unlike any the country had seen before,” whileThe Guardiansaid they were the “biggest challenge” to the government.
While we celebrate the death of the Butcher of Tehran, Raisi, we also hope Khamenei’s turn comes soon. The brave Iranian women will never stop fighting against the barbaric regime of the mullahs in Iran.#Raisipic.twitter.com/X4EOlO8fvN
— Kian Irani کیان ایرانی (@kian_irani_rev)May 21, 2024
The celebration highlighted the ex-president’s brutal crackdown on protests and human rights violations
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In August 2023,The New Yorkerreported that the protests were the “most widespread revolt” since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Ebrahim earned the nickname “Butcher of Tehran” due to his role in overseeing severe human rights abuses, particularly during his time as a judge and later as the head of the judiciary in Iran.
Notably, he was involved in the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988, where thousands of dissidents were killed without fair trials.
هلیکوپترهلیکوپتر🍻🚁pic.twitter.com/4ob9LPIZaI
— Mahsa Piraei مهسا پیرایی (@mahsa_piraei)May 19, 2024
“We freely dance and celebrate on your dirty grave,” a women who was blinded in a protest said
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The ultra-conservative president was killed on Sunday (May 19), along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other high-ranking officials, in a helicopter crash in Iran’s remote northwest,CNNreported on Monday (May 20).
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih)May 20, 2024
Ebrahim earned the nickname “Butcher of Tehran” due to his role in overseeing severe human rights abuses
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On Monday, Iranian state newsIRNAsaidIran’s presidential elections will take place on Friday, June 28.
Candidates can register from May 30 to June 3, and campaigning will run from June 12 until the morning of June 27, it added.
“The women are the freedom fighters,” a reader commented
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