Sources close to the family of the late Iranian-Kurdish student Mahsa Amini have told Radio Farda on September 15 that security forces "have surrounded their home" in Saghez and prevented them from leaving the house as the second anniversary passed of her death in custody.
A source said Amini's father, Amjad Amini, received a call from Iran's Intelligence Ministry earlier in the day telling the family not to leave their house.
The caller reportedly said Amjad Amini and his wife would be arrested if they went outside.
The source also told Radio Farda that they could hear helicopters flying over Saghez.
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Iranian Diaspora Marks Student's Death That Sparked Protests
The 22-year-old Amini's death after reports of beating and abuse when she was detained by morality police over an alleged dress-code violation sparked massive nationwide protests over official abuses and the country's treatment of women.
Amjad Amini told Radio Farda last week that the family had the right to mark the anniversary and was hoping to do so if allowed by authorities.
Over the past two days, reports have said several members of the families of those killed in the state crackdown on the protests have been also arrested.
There have also been reports of activists and families of those killed being summoned by authorities, especially in Iran's Kurdistan.
On September 15, the foundation of jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said 34 women prisoners in Iran have gone on hunger strike to mark two years since the start of the protest movement.
SEE ALSO: 'Women, Life, Freedom': Iran's Protest Movement Magnifies Defiance, Camaraderie 2 Years On"Today, on the 15th September 2024, 34 female political prisoners in Evin Prison have gone on a hunger strike in commemoration of the second anniversary of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement and the killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini," the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said on its website.
The foundation did not provide specifics or indicate how long the hunger strike might last, but it said the women sought to "show solidarity with the protesting people of Iran against the government’s oppressive policies."
Mohammadi, 52, has been campaigning for human rights in Iran for decades and has been in and out of prison for the past 20 years. She has been convicted five times since March 2021 and is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence for "spreading propaganda" against the Islamic republic.
Following Amini's death after days reportedly in a coma in September 2022, vans carrying the police force notorious for its strong-armed enforcement of the "hijab law" temporarily disappeared from the streets as protesters across Iran staged daily demonstrations for months.
The authorities claimed she had died due to medical problems, but her family and witnesses at the scene of her arrest said she was beaten by police and died as a result of her injuries.
The anger gave rise to the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, which Iranians say has left an indelible mark of public defiance on the country and observers say has presented one of the biggest threats to the Islamic government since the 1979 revolution.