The Golden Gate Bridge was filled with Iranian Americans Sunday as they protested their homeland’s government, and the death of a young woman who died while in Iranian police custody.
Organizers say more than 6,000 mostly Iranian Americans filed onto the bridge in a show of solidarity with protestors in Iran.
Global protests erupted in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death. She was arrested in Tehran after being accused of not properly wearing her head covering, called a hijab. She died in police custody. Iranian authorities say the 22-year-old had a heart attack, but witnesses say she was brutally beaten.The protests that were sparked in Iran have gone global. Demonstrators are united in what they’re working toward.
"Sharia law has been ruling Iran for the past 43 years. I think right now a moment has been created where people are explaining that they don't want it anymore," said Ava Rasouli of Martinez. "Most educated, wealthy Iranians they left in 1979 and they are scattered all over the world, and they don’t want to go back because they are against this government."One volunteer made 500 different placards representing other Iranians who have been killed in recent clashes with the government."He was just a common worker, low wage. He came out, they killed him," said Amintaheri.
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