A 22 year old woman has died after being beaten by Iran’s modesty police.
Mahsa Amini, reportedly a Kurd, died of head injuries after being arrested in Tehran allegedly because her hairline was showing under her hijab.
https://twitter.com/Burzulvl/status/1571789922092326912
Protests have erupted in parts of the Islamic Republic in response to Mahsa’s arrest and beating as news of her death emerged.
Anti-regime protests in Amirkabir University (polytechnic Tehran) following the horrible murder of #Mahsa_Amini by the "morality police" in Iran.
#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/chKitZ6PKD— Reza Younesi رضا يونسى (@RezaYounesi) September 19, 2022
The skull CT scan of #Mahsa_Amini, shows bone fracture, hemorrhage and brain edema. This corroborates earlier accounts by her family and doctors, and proves the Iranian police's claim wrong. Iranian need help. Let the world know what happened here. #مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/VVe6yuvpMH
— شَده (@stillshadi) September 19, 2022
It has also been reported that chief of the so-called morality police Colonel Mirzaei has been suspended following the incident.
Tehran’s “morality” police chief Colonel Mirzaei has been “suspended” until investigation into the death of #Mahsa_Amini in the police custody is completed, State-media reported. pic.twitter.com/9b1dqKl1kL
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) September 19, 2022
Iranian women have taken to social media to express their outrage at the killing and Iran’s ongoing oppression of women in the name of Islamic morality, many of them cutting off their hair.
Do you really want to know how Iranian morality police killed Mahsa Amini 22 year old woman? Watch this video and do not allow anyone to normalize compulsory hijab and morality police.
The Handmaid's Tale by @MargaretAtwood is not a fiction for us Iranian women. It’s a reality. pic.twitter.com/qRcY0KsnDk
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 16, 2022
In Iran it is a legal requirement for women to cover their hair in public, and modesty codes are strictly enforced.
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