Iran hijab protest martyr Mahsa Amini has been given honorary citizenship by the French capital Paris.

The move by the Council of Paris – which governs the city – was inspired by the fight for women’s freedom she triggered, said officials.

Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, 63, shared footage of the moment the motion was adopted on Twitter.

She said: “A beautiful moment of democracy at the Conseil de Paris [Council of Paris] where we unanimously adopted honorary citizenship of Paris for Jina Mahsa Amini.

“A place in Paris will also bear her name. We will always be on the side of women who fight for their rights and their freedom.”

Hidalgo also paid tribute to Amini and to Iranian women who have been protesting in Iran for weeks for their rights.

The move was met with thunderous applause.

Mahsa Amini, 22, from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, was on a visit to Tehran when she was arrested by morality police accused of violating hijab rules on 13th September.

She was allegedly beaten while in custody and spent the following days in a coma in the hospital before succumbing in the ICU on 16th September.

The clinic where she was treated said in a now-deleted social media post that she had been admitted brain-dead.

Alleged medical scans of her skull leaked by hackers showed that she had suffered bone fractures, haemorrhages, and brain oedema.

Anti-regime media are claiming that Mahsa’s medical records showing her history of heart disease were faked by the Iranian government.

The protests her death sparked are ongoing and, according to the non-profit Iran Human Rights, at least 185 people, including children, have been killed so far.