DUBAI: A young Iranian woman who died after falling into a coma after being detained by ethics police enforcing Iran’s strict hijab rules, sparked protests by Iranians on social media and in the streets on Friday.
Over the past few months, Iranian rights activists have urged women to remove their veils in public, a gesture that could risk their arrest for defying the Islamic dress code because the country’s radical rulers have been “immorally treated”. “Let’s take strong action.
Video Cases posted on social media show what appears to be heavy action by morality police units against women who removed their hijab. Officials launch investigation into Mahsa’s death amini After a demand of the President Ibrahim Raisi, state media reported. Police said the 22-year-old woman’s health took a turn when she was waiting along with other detained women at a morality police station.
“Since the time she was transferred to her vehicle and place (station), there was no physical encounter with her,” a police statement said, dismissing allegations on social media that Amini was beaten up. In the CCTV footage aired on state TV, a woman named Amini is seen getting up and falling to talk to an officer of the police station. Police had earlier said that Amini had suffered a heart attack after being taken to the police station to be “educated”.
His relatives have denied that he has any heart ailment. Several prominent figures posted critical social media comments about Amini’s death, and outspoken reformist politician Mahmoud Sadeghi called on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene to speak on Twitter because he condemned the murder George Floyd by US Police in 2020. Postings on social media included videos of protesters chanting “death to the dictator (Khamenei)” as drivers honked their car horns to protest in Tehran Square near Amini’s hospital.
Internet blockage observatory Netblox reported on Twitter that there was an “internet outage” in Tehran, linking the incident to the protests. US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Gardener Said on Twitter: “Amini’s death following custodial injuries for an ‘inappropriate’ hijab is appalling. .. Those responsible must be held accountable”. Amnesty International said on Twitter: “. . . custodial torture and There should be a criminal investigation into the allegations of other misconduct. . . All the agents and officers responsible must face justice.”
Over the past few months, Iranian rights activists have urged women to remove their veils in public, a gesture that could risk their arrest for defying the Islamic dress code because the country’s radical rulers have been “immorally treated”. “Let’s take strong action.
Video Cases posted on social media show what appears to be heavy action by morality police units against women who removed their hijab. Officials launch investigation into Mahsa’s death amini After a demand of the President Ibrahim Raisi, state media reported. Police said the 22-year-old woman’s health took a turn when she was waiting along with other detained women at a morality police station.
“Since the time she was transferred to her vehicle and place (station), there was no physical encounter with her,” a police statement said, dismissing allegations on social media that Amini was beaten up. In the CCTV footage aired on state TV, a woman named Amini is seen getting up and falling to talk to an officer of the police station. Police had earlier said that Amini had suffered a heart attack after being taken to the police station to be “educated”.
His relatives have denied that he has any heart ailment. Several prominent figures posted critical social media comments about Amini’s death, and outspoken reformist politician Mahmoud Sadeghi called on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene to speak on Twitter because he condemned the murder George Floyd by US Police in 2020. Postings on social media included videos of protesters chanting “death to the dictator (Khamenei)” as drivers honked their car horns to protest in Tehran Square near Amini’s hospital.
Internet blockage observatory Netblox reported on Twitter that there was an “internet outage” in Tehran, linking the incident to the protests. US Special Envoy for Iran Robert Gardener Said on Twitter: “Amini’s death following custodial injuries for an ‘inappropriate’ hijab is appalling. .. Those responsible must be held accountable”. Amnesty International said on Twitter: “. . . custodial torture and There should be a criminal investigation into the allegations of other misconduct. . . All the agents and officers responsible must face justice.”