Protesters rallied Saturday in Washington Square Park against the death of Mahsa Amini and for the liberation of Iranian people.

“I never knew the country that my parents would speak so fondly of and there are 80% of us Iranians born post revolution who want to free Iran,” Sharareh Siadat, a first generation Iranian-American, said.

Amini, 22, died one month ago after she was arrested for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.

Many Iranians say that she was killed by law enforcement.

Iranian authorities claim Amini died of heart failure, but her family and protesters across Iran have accused the government of covering up her murder.

“This is coming from a country that has been under oppression for 43 years and the very groups that have been the most oppressed, the women, the minority the LGBTI and the most oppressed people are the ones leading the cause,” said co-organizer with Woman Life Freedom NYC.

Siadat, who has family in the country, said many living there have expressed to her that there’s a difference with this unrest-momentum is building.

“This is the first revolution in the world history that I know about run by teenage girls, teenage girls who know this is the only way out,” Siadat said.

“I just think people should know that there are people there dying for no reason,” Cameron Barr, 13, who attended the rally with her mother, said.

Barr said her mother was born in Iran and she fell in love with its culture through her grandmother’s Persian food.

“When my mom told me about what’s happening in Iran today, I felt I had to be here to support my mom and my family and where I’m from,” said Barr.

Those gathered listened to speakers, chanted and sang in unison.

Many who attended said they needed to do this, as forms of communication have been restricted in Iran by the government.

“Talk to your non Iranian friends, tell your family members, let them know the truth about what is happening. Iranians need to emancipate themselves. They do not have basic human rights,” Siadat said.

Activists said this is not just about women’s rights, but also exposing some realities that many face while living under the Iranian government.