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Monday saw new demonstrations over the death of a young woman who had been detained by the “morality police,” which upholds a stringent clothing code, according to local media. Authorities’ announcement on Friday that Mahsa Amini, 22, had passed away in a hospital after three days in a coma as a result of her arrest by Tehran’s morality police on September 13 during a trip to the capital has increased public ire. According to the Fars and Tasnim news agencies, protests were conducted throughout Tehran, notably at a number of universities, and the second city, Mashhad.
A few dozen people, including women who had taken off their headscarves, could be seen yelling, “Death to the Islamic republic,” in a brief video that Fars posted.
In the Kurdistan area where the deceased woman was from on Sunday, police made arrests and used tear gas after an estimated 500 protesters broke windows of cars and set trash cans on fire during their demonstration.
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The Islamic Republic’s morality police impose a dress rule that requires women to cover their heads in public.
Additionally, it prohibits wearing ensembles with bold colours, ripped jeans, tight pants, and clothing that exposes the knees.
There was “no physical contact” between the victim and the policemen, according to the police.
General Hossein Rahimi, the head of the Tehran police, stated on Monday that the woman had disregarded the clothing code and that his colleagues had requested that her relatives send her “appropriate clothes.”
The data “shows that there was no negligence or inappropriate behaviour on the part of the police,” he stated, rejecting once more the “unjust claims against the police.”
After suffering injuries while in police custody, Amini’s “unacceptable” death was referred to as a “killing” by a representative for Josep Borrell, the head of foreign policy for the European Union.
The spokeswoman further stated in a statement that the offenders must be brought to justice and that Iranian authorities must uphold the rights of their citizens.
The killing of Amini has rekindled calls for morality police actions against women accused of disobeying the clothing code, which has been in place since the Islamic revolution of 1979.
Filmmakers, musicians, athletes, and leaders in politics and religion have all expressed their rage on social media.
Amini’s death will be investigated, according to President Ebrahim Raisi, an ultra-conservative who formerly served as the head of the judiciary and took office last year.
