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Women have been at the forefront of escalating protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of a woman detained for breaking hijab laws. Lets see what is the case?
How did it all start?
After three days in a coma, the 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahasa Amini, from the northwestern city of Saqez passed away in the hospital on Friday. She was detained by morality police while in Tehran with her brother on the grounds that she had disobeyed the legislation requiring women to cover their arms and legs with loose clothing and their hair with a hijab, or headscarf. She fell into a coma shortly after collapsing at a detention centre.
What are Iran's hijab laws?
After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iranian authorities enforced a strict dress code requiring all women to cover their faces and body in public by donning loose-fitting clothing. The "Gasht-e Ershad" (Guidance Patrols) morality police are in charge of, among other things, making sure ladies dress according to what the authorities consider to be "appropriate."
Penalties
Officers have the authority to stop women and determine whether their hair is showing excessively, whether their overcoats and pants are too short or tight, or whether they are sporting excessive amounts of makeup. Fines, jail time, or public whipping are possible penalties for breaking the rules.
Widespread anger and grief
The incident has caused outrage and grief in Iran and across the globe. The hashtag #MahsaAmini has been trending on social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram. Mass protests flared up in Amini's home province of Kurdistan and other parts of the country. In the capital, Tehran, thousands of people took to the streets to express their anger and grief, chanting slogans such as "Death to the dictator."
Protests all over the country
Millions of Iranian women have taken to the streets in protest of the regressive Hijab laws after the death of Mahasa Amini. Videos of Iranian ladies are going rounds on social media where they can be seen cutting off their hair and burning their Hijab.
Protestors killed
According to a Norway-based Human rights organisation, Hengaw, three male and a female protesters were killed by security forces on Monday in Saqez, Ms Amini's home city, and two others in the towns of Divandarren and Dehgolan. The state-run Irna news agency meanwhile said a police assistant died of injuries he sustained in violent clashes with protesters in the southern city of Shiraz on Tuesday.
UN's reaction
The United Nations condemned the death of Amini and demanded an independent investigation into the matter.
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