PARIS: Iranians at home and abroad marked on Saturday the first anniversary of the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, with activists speaking of a renewed crackdown to prevent any resurgence of the protests that rocked major cities last year.

Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died a few days after she was arrested by religious police for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women, in force shortly after the 1979 revolution. Her family says she died from a blow to the head, but this is disputed by Iranian authorities.