Protests in Iran have been sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested in Tehran for “wearing inappropriate clothing,” according to the Moral Police. The young woman fell into a coma after her arrest on September 13 and she died three days later in hospital, according to state television and her family.
The protests in Iran, claiming the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after three days in a coma due to the violence suffered at the hands of the moral police who arrested her for not wearing the veil correctly, have left eight dead and 450 injured and 50 detainees, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, a Norway-based organization that monitors human rights violations in Iran.
“The country is on fire. Streets, universities, markets, and even subway stations have already become the new symbolic places of the multiplying demonstrations,” said Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, a Norway-based organization that monitors human rights violations in Iran. .
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The NGO reported that the slogans heard in the streets of that nation are “women, life, freedom” and “down with dictator.”
This Wednesday, September 21, the president of the United States (USA) Joe Biden affirmed from the UN that his country is “together with the courageous Iranian women.” On the other hand, the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi accused, from the same rostrum, the West of having “double standards” on the subject of rights, in particular, those of women.
British Foreign Minister James Cleverly, who invited the authorities of the Islamic Republic to open their eyes to what is happening in their country. “Iranian leaders must note that the population is not satisfied with the direction they have taken. There is another path they could take », he stated.
Since Amini’s death last Friday, demonstrators have staged a protest for the fifth consecutive night, blocking traffic, setting fire to waste containers and police vehicles, as well as shouting anti-government slogans against the system and Iran’s supreme guide, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviewed Latin Ansa.
Amini arrested in Tehran for “wearing inappropriate clothing,” according to the Moral Police, a unit tasked with enforcing Iran’s strict dress code for women.
In that nation it is mandatory to cover your hair in public. This police force also prohibits women from wearing short coats above the knee, tight pants and jeans with holes, as well as brightly colored outfits, among others.
Activists called her death “suspicious”, but Tehran Police said there was “no physical contact” between officers and the victim.
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