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On 16 September 2022, 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, [a] also known as Jina Amini, [b] [1] [2] [3] died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances.The Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran's government, arrested Amini for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards.
Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned Switzerland's envoy in Tehran for a social media post showing Iranian protest icon Mahsa Amini, local reports said on Sunday. Months of anti-government ...
Poet and songwriter. Security forces arrested Borzouee on 28 September 2022, during Mahsa Amini protests, for statements she had made on her Twitter account. [6] [7] [8] 3 Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee: 26 September Tehran: Human rights activist, former political prisoner and wife of Arash Sadeghi. She was arrested by security forces in her house and ...
The Women, Life, Freedom movement is a protest slogan that affirms that the rights of women are at the center of life and liberty. It is best known in English-language media for its use within the context of Iran and Mahsa Amini protests. [12] The originate of this slogan comes from Kurdish women right movements. [13] [14] [15]
People light a fire during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by Iran's "morality police," in Tehran, on Sept. 21, 2022.
Demonstrators in Sherman Oaks rally in solidarity with protests in Iran. One participant waves a wig to protest Mahsa Amini's death in Iranian custody and the nation's compulsory hijab laws.
Mahsa Amini, also Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, was arrested by the Guidance Patrol on 14 September 2022 because of an "improper hijab." The police were accused of beating her and inflicting a fatal head injury, [ 39 ] after a CT scan confirmed that Amini had sustained head injuries, a claim denied by Tehran police. [ 39 ]
Iran is to blame for the “physical violence” that killed Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody in 2022 triggered massive peaceful protests led by women and girls against the country’s ...