'It could have been you': Protests in London over death of Mahsa Amini
Hundreds of people protested in London this weekend to voice their anger about the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini, alongside the Iranian government's violent suppression of protestors.
Footage circulating online on Sunday appeared to show a group of protestors surging toward the Iranian Embassy in the UK capital but being beaten back by police.
A separate image shows the building, which overlooks Hyde Park, splattered with red paint.
"People are being killed, tortured and harmed in silence," Sepideh Eskandari, who protested at Trafalgar Square with her friend Sogol on Saturday, told Euronews.
"We are here to be their voice and ask every other person -- from where ever they are -- to stand with women."
"Basic rights are something everyone should want, both women and men," she added.
Deadly unrest has rocked Iran for more than a week. It broke out after 22-year-old Amini collapsed while in police custody, having been arrested for "improper" hijab, a headscarf women must wear by law.
Leaked medical evidence shows the young woman from the Iranian province of Kurdistan suffered several violent blows to the head, which put her into a coma, though Iran's authorities claim she "suffered a sudden heart attack".
She died on 16 September.
The two friends, who are both in their early 30s, pointed out that the protests are about wider issues of sexism and discrimination in Iran, something brought into sharp focus by Amini's death.
"As a woman, your rights are not equal to men," said Sogol. "You always have to suppress whatever you feel. You can't be truly who you are."
Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women must wear the hijab by law in Iran. The policy is largely unpopular, with Iranian women commonly wearing the headscarf
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