MONTREAL
\nSeveral thousand people marched in Montreal and other Canadian cities on Saturday in solidarity with protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran\u2019s notorious morality police.
\nA wave of street violence has rocked Iran since Amini, 22, died days after her arrest for allegedly failing to observe the Islamic republic\u2019s strict dress code for women.
\nProtests were held across the country for a 15th consecutive night on Friday despite a bloody crackdown that rights groups said has left more than 75 people dead.
\nTens of thousands have also come out for solidarity rallies in several Canadian cities, including Vancouver, Toronto and the capital Ottawa.
\nA protest also took place Saturday in the US capital Washington where hundreds of members of the Kurdish community, some bearing placards calling for regime change in Tehran, gathered outside the White House gates.
\nIn Canada, public broadcaster CBC showed images from Toronto on Saturday of motorists honking their support for demonstrators lining a 5km stretch of road, wearing \u201cJustice for Mahsa Amini\u201d t-shirts and waving Iranian flags on the end of hockey sticks.
\nIn Montreal, several women cut their hair as a crowd of more than 10,000 waved placards that read \u201cJustice\u201d and \u201cNo to Islamic Republic,\u201d while chanting \u201cSay her name. Say her name\u201d.
\n\u201cIt was for the Iranian women who are fighting for their freedom, for their lives in Iran,\u201d a 30-year-old expatriate who only gave her name as Sin told AFP after chopping off her long dark locks.
\nShe described cutting off her hair that flowed almost to the middle of her back as \u201cnothing compared to\u201d what women in Iran have endured.
\n\u201cThis is the least we can do to support my country, my women, my people in Iran who are under repression,\u201d she said.
\nMarch co-organiser Nima Machouf, 57, added it was important to \u201cbe a voice for people in Iran and carry their message\u201d to the world.
\nSeveral demonstrators called for regime change in Tehran, and for Canada to increase sanctions.
\nOttawa has already applied sanctions over Iran\u2019s nuclear programme and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new round on Monday against dozens of Iranian officials.
\nReza, 42, came with his family, including his little girl and echoed the sentiment. \u201cIf we remain silent, what will we say to other generations?\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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