People were also gathering around the world on Saturday for rallies in solidarity with the Iranian protest movement.
In Tokyo, demonstrators held up portraits of Amini and others who have been killed in the crackdown, as well as a banner bearing the protest slogan: “Women, life, freedom”.
Iranians living in Germany were converging on Berlin ahead of a major demonstration later Saturday, activists said.
A teachers’ union in Iran has called for a nationwide strike on Sunday and Monday over the crackdown that Amnesty International says has cost the lives of at least 23 children.
In a statement, the Co-ordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates said the “sit-in” would be in response to “systematic oppression” by the security forces at schools.
It identified four teenagers who had been killed in the crackdown – Nika Shahkarami, Sarina Esmailzadeh, Abolfazl Adinezadeh and Asra Panahi – and said a large number of teachers had been arrested without charge.
“Iran’s teachers do not tolerate these atrocities and tyranny and proclaims that we are for the people, and these bullets and pellets you shoot at the people target our lives and souls,” it said.
“DETAINING, MAIMING AND KILLING”
Activists have also accused the authorities of a campaign of mass arrests and travel bans to quell the protests, with athletes, celebrities and journalists caught up in the dragnet.
Overnight an Iranian climber, who was reportedly placed under house arrest for competing abroad last weekend without a headscarf, thanked her supporters on Instagram.
Elnaz Rekabi, 33, wore only a headband in an event at the Asian Championships in Seoul, in what many saw as gesture of solidarity with the Amini protests.
“I sincerely thank all those who came to the airport for welcoming me, I love you,” Rekabi said in her first social media comments since returning to Iran on Wednesday to a hero’s welcome.
The BBC and London-based Iran International television said on Friday that Rekabi had been placed under house arrest.
Her phone had reportedly been seized from her before she flew home.
On Friday, a New York-based human rights group called on the International Federation of Sport Climbing to do more to protect her.
IFSC “should engage with rights organisations to protect pro climber #ElnazRekabi and all Iranian athletes”, the Centre for Human Rights in Iran tweeted.
“Don’t take the government in Iran’s word at face value – it has a documented history of detaining, maiming and killing those who oppose it,” the CHRI added.
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