Today, Wednesday, September 16, 2026; Coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the state-sanctioned killing of Zhina-Mahsa Amini and widespread general strikes across dozens of Kurdish cities, Mozhgan Eftekhari, Zhina’s mother, published a message on Instagram. Referencing the blockade of access routes to Aichi Cemetery and the prevention of citizens visiting Zhina's grave, she expressed deep gratitude four years after her daughter's killing for the public’s enduring solidarity and the shopkeepers' strike, writing: "Today they blocked the routes leading to our daughter's grave; yet on the other hand, the people opened a thousand other paths of love." Highlighting current economic hardships and worsening living conditions, she emphasized that no force can deplete the people's hearts of compassion, noting: "The path of these people’s hearts to one another cannot be blocked."

Literal Text of the Message by Mozhgan Eftekhari, Mother of Zhina-Mahsa Amini:

"A greeting as grand and warm as the vast kindness of all those who, after four years, kept the memory of world-illuminating Zhina alive...

Today they blocked the routes leading to our daughter's grave; yet on the other hand, the people opened a thousand other paths of love—a path that passed through the alleys and bazaar of Saqqez, multiplying from Piranshahr to Mahabad, Kamyaran, Qorveh, and Sanandaj.

Before this warmth and affection, this firm resolve, and this magnificent solidarity, I bow down, and I thank God for bestowing such unparalleled dignity and pride upon Zhina.

You proved that no matter how much the people's tables are emptied by crisis, no force can ever empty their hearts of love."