Kurdish woman Mahsa (Jina) Amini is commemorated at her grave in Seqiz 40 days after she was murdered by the morality police in Tehran.

Despite tight security measures, numerous people gathered at the cemetery and shouted the iconic slogan "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" (Woman, Life, Freedom) and "Death to the dictator".

22-year-old Amini was detained by the morality police on September 13 in Tehran on the grounds that she did not cover her head properly. She died in a hospital on September 16, as a result of the torture she was subjected to. There have been mass protests across East Kurdistan and Iran since.

Human rights defenders revealed that security forces threatened Amini's family with death during the commemoration at her grave.

Despite the crackdown, numerous people gathered in the cemetery where Amini is buried. Images circulated on the social media show that the slogan "Kurdistan will be a graveyard for fascism" was frequently chanted during the commemoration.

In the meantime, there has been broad participation in the strike launched in the cities of Seqiz, Sine, Diwandere, Meriwan and Kamyaran in East Kurdistan.

In the meantime, protests continued in the city of Zahidan in the Sistan Balochistan province. According to non-governmental organizations, at least 93 people were murdered during the protests in the city which started on September 30 after reports that a police officer had raped a young woman.