on Sept 13. Mahsa Amini I was visiting Tehran, Iranwith her brother and her cousins when she was arrested exiting the metro in the center of the capital.
Accused of wearing “inappropriate” clothing, she was taken to the grounds of the vice squad, charged with enforcing the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women.
Mahsa Amini passed out in an office after talking to a police officer, according to a short surveillance video released by authorities.
Iran will replace the morality police with technology, but will still control women’s clothing
The young woman, originally from Iranian Kurdistan – who was preparing to go to university -, he died in hospital three days later.
The state denies any involvement in his death.
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The epitaph inscribed on her grave – “You did not die Mahsa, your name becomes a symbol” – says it all.
Mahsa Amini became a face recognized by the Iranian people and beyond the country’s borders.
For many, she embodies the struggle against the obligation to wear the headscarf and becomes the unifying figure of the protest.
“Unknown before her death, Mahsa became a symbol of oppression and her innocent face reinforces this image,” said political scientist Ahmad Zeidabadi.
The anger caused by his death reflects “a series of issues such as the economic crisis, the attitude of the vice squad and even political issues such as the disqualification of candidates in the elections,” explains sociologist Abbas Abdi.
-More and more veiled women in Iran
Protests increased in October and November, often started by young people with no leader or political agenda. Only the demand for equality between men and women and for more openness in the country.
Power denounces “riots” orchestrated from abroad, especially by the United States and exiled opponents, very active on social networks.
The number of victims of the demonstrations is high: hundreds killed and thousands arrested, four of them executed.
In February, authorities noticed a backlash in the movement and began releasing more than 82,000 prisoners, 22,600 of whom were “related to the riots,” the head of the judicial authority, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, said this week.
Source: Eluniverso
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