A rally was held in Montreal on Tuesday, joining others across Canada.
“It’s not about Mahsa, it’s about all of the women who live in Iran. Every one of us was a Mahsa,” Rezaeian said in an interview.Article content
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Canada will sanction senior Iranian officials, while some Liberal MPs, including Ali Ehsassi, have said the United Nations must do more on a global scale. Rezaeian said she now fears for friends who are in custody, including a journalist whose photo of Amini in hospital drew international attention. Rezaeian said she didn’t want to leave Iran or her family behind, but she moved to Canada for fear of the police.
Demonstrators march on René-Lévesque Blvd. in Montreal Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 in support of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran after her arrest for not wearing her hijab correctly.An Iranian student at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., who asked to be referred to only as D.D. because she fears for her safety, joined others in taking scissors to her hair.
Another woman who participated in the protest at the Burnaby campus said she hopes the rallies help amplify the message of protesters in Iran.Article content“We want to reach out to every country to ask their governments not to negotiate with this regime,” she said.