The City of Ottawa has put in a commemorative register entrance of the previous web site of the Iranian embassy that honours Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old lady who died within the custody of Iran’s morality police after allegedly violating a strict costume code for girls.
Amini’s loss of life in September 2022 sparked mass protests in Iran condemning the federal government’s therapy of girls and its broader human-rights document.
The signal on the intersection of Metcalfe and MacLaren Streets options her full identify — Mahsa Jina Amini — on a background of an Iranian flag.
The former embassy web site stays unoccupied greater than a decade after Canada and Iran halted formal diplomatic relations.
Politicians from all ranges of presidency attended the ceremony, together with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Ottawa Centre MPP Joel Harden, Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi, Kanata-Carleton MP Jenna Sudds and Ottawa-Carleton MPP Goldie Ghamari, who’s of Iranian descent.
Ottawa’s metropolis council voted to create the tribute to Amini in January after a movement by metropolis councillors Theresa Kavanagh and Ariel Troster, and town expects to maneuver the signage to City Hall after a yr.
