Thousands marched through Sydney streets on December 10 (International Human Rights Day) demanding democracy in Iran and justice for Jina Mahsa Amini and the growing number of democracy protesters who have been killed, arrested and tortured by the dictatorial regime in Iran.
On December 8, Mohsen Shekari became the first democracy protester to be executed. At least 475 protesters have been killed by security forces and 18,240 others have been detained, according to the Human Rights Activists' News Agency (HRANA).
鈥淲omen, Life, Freedom!鈥, the now iconic slogan of this movement sweeping Iran, resounded聽in Persian, Kurdish and English all along the march, which stretched for more than a kilometre.
Foreign minister Penny Wong on the same day that sanctions were聽being imposed by the Australian government on 13聽individuals and two entities for "egregious human rights violations and abuses".
Among those sanctioned were Iranian聽paramilitary group the Basij Resistance Force聽and six individuals who participated in the bloody crackdown on protests following the brutal state murder of Jina Mahsa Amini by Iran's morality police.