Roads to the Aichi cemetery were blocked. The family said they wanted to hold a traditional religious ceremony. One of Amini’s uncles, Safa Aeli, was detained in Saqqez on 5 September and remains in custody. Helicopters flew low over Mahsa Amini’s home town of Saqqez as the crackdown focused on Kurdish towns. The internet was disrupted as part of the regime’s efforts to prevent protesters communicating and gathering. Majid Tavakoli with his wife and daughter ‘It is not possible to organise in Iran’: jailed activist warns of totalitarianism after Mahsa Amini protests Read more In many districts of Tehran, protesters chanted slogans such as “Death to the dictator!” and “Woman, Life, Freedom!”. Some gathered on the roofs of residential buildings or stood on their balconies. In several western Kurdish towns, people set up roadblocks and honked their car horns. Security forces had increased their presence across Iran in anticipation of the protests, and continued to arrest dissidents.
