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  • Women in Paris chop off hair to show support for Iranian women's protest
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Parisians chop off hair to show support for Iranian women's protest

It was the latest and appeared to be the largest of several protests in France in support of the Iranian demonstrators.

Parisians chop off hair to show support for Iranian women's protest

Thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday to show their support for Iranian protesters standing up to their leadership over the death of a young woman in police custody.

Several female demonstrators cut off chunks of their hair and tossed them into the air as a gesture of liberation.

Women of Iranian heritage, French feminist groups and leading politicians were among those who joined the gathering at Republique Plaza before marching through eastern Paris.

"Woman, Life, Liberty!" the crowd chanted, undeterred by the rainy weather.

Some banners read: "Freedom for Iranian women," or "No to Obligatory Hijab" or just the young woman's name: "#Mahsa Amini."

It was the latest and appeared to be the largest of several protests in France in support of the Iranian demonstrators.

Iranians and others have also marched in cities around the world.

Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets over the last two weeks to protest the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by Iran's morality police in the capital of Tehran for allegedly not adhering to Iran's strict Islamic dress code.

The protesters have vented their anger over the treatment of women and wider repression in the Islamic Republic, and the demonstrations escalated into calls for the overthrow of the clerical establishment that has ruled Iran since 1979.

At the Paris protest, some chanted in Persian and French, "Khamenei get out!" — referring to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

Some women's cheeks bore drawings of a red poppy, the symbol of a martyr in Iran.

Other protesters described anger at Iran's dress codes and encroaching restrictions on women.

Some were afraid to give their names out of concerns for repercussions for family members in Iran.

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