Some expressed suspicion about the real intention behind the vigil, and pointed out that the same has not been done to honor those killed in recent tragic incidents inside Iran—including victims of a nationwide series of protests and an airplane crash.
The ceremony was held in the Mellat Park of the holy city of Mashhad on Sunday with posters ofthe killing of Floyd"Iran regrets the tragic murder of black Americans, denounces deadly racial profiling in the United States & urges authorities to do justice for every case," the ministry said in a tweet on Friday.
Some of the online critics referred to the tragic killing of Asiyeh Panahi, which occurred on May 19, when her humble shed -- built on a land designated for green area -- was illegally destroyed by the municipality officers of Kermanshah, a western city of the country."Didn't Asiyeh Panahi deserve a candlelight vigil," a Twitter user wrote.
Hassan Darvishian, head of the National Inspection Office of the country, admitted that municipality officers had"illegally" used pepper spray on Panahi before destroying her shed, which was also destroyed without proper legal order, as Iranian Students' News Agency reported on Monday.
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