Iran: Mahsa Amini's Family Stopped From Traveling for EU Award

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DEC 11 2023

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The Facts

Iranian authorities on Saturday prevented Mahsa Amini's family from traveling to France, where the late Kurdish-Iranian woman is set to be honored posthumously with the EU's top human rights award on Tuesday.
Officers at Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport allegedly confiscated their passports due to a Ministry of Intelligence travel ban that would remain in effect until Jan. 20, 2024.
Only the family's lawyer was reportedly allowed to board the flight to receive the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, created in 1988 to recognize individuals or groups for their human rights work.

The Spin

Anti-Iran narrative

It's outrageous that Tehran has extrajudicially deprived Amini's family of their rights as Iranian citizens, preventing them from attending the award ceremony in France — a trip that had long been coordinated with relevant institutions — despite official calls against unnecessary travel bans.

Kurdpa

Pro-Iran narrative

The West has again resorted to distorting the facts related to a sad incident in a smear campaign against Tehran. Such malicious allegations only prove that Western countries don't care about human rights and have no qualms about using women as a political tool against independent nations.

PressTV