'Hijab police' killed an Iranian woman

Mahsa Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital when she was detained on Tuesday by the police unit responsible for enforcing the Islamic republic"s strict dress code for women, which includes the compulsory wearing of the headscarf in public.

NewsBharati    17-Sep-2022 11:00:25 AM
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Tehran, Sept 17: A young Iranian woman who fell into a coma after being arrested in Tehran by the notorious morality police died on Friday, state media and her family said, with activists urging those responsible for her "suspicious" death to be brought to justice.
 

Hijab Death 
 
Mahsa Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital when she was detained on Tuesday by the police unit responsible for enforcing the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women, which includes the compulsory wearing of the headscarf in public.
 
 
 
"Unfortunately, she died and her body was transferred to the medical examiner's office," Iranian state television reported. Persian-language media, including the Iran Wire website and the Shargh newspaper, have quoted her family as saying that the previously healthy Amini had been rushed to hospital in a coma a few hours after her arrest and had now died. It is not yet clear what happened between her arrival at the police station and her departure from the hospital. The 1500tavsir channel which monitors violations in Iran said she had suffered a blow to the head. Images posted on social media showed crowds gathering outside the hospital where she was being treated and police seeking to disperse the dozens who had gathered. People were also shown angrily shouting anti-regime slogans later in the evening in Tehran. "The circumstances leading to the suspicious death in custody of 22-year-old young woman Mahsa Amini, which include allegations of torture and other ill-treatment in custody, must be criminally investigated," Amnesty International said. "The so-called 'morality police in Tehran arbitrarily arrested her three days before her death while enforcing the country's abusive, degrading, discriminatory forced veiling laws. All agents and officials responsible must face justice," it added. Robert Malley, the US envoy for Iran's efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, said those responsible for her death "must be held accountable". "Mahsa Amini's death after injuries sustained in custody for an 'improper' hijab is appalling," he wrote on Twitter. "Iran must end its violence against women for exercising their fundamental rights. Also on Twitter, Prominent Iranian lawyer Saeed Dehghan described Amini's death as a "murder", saying she had suffered a blow to the head which had caused the base of her skull to fracture. State television broadcast images on Friday purportedly showed her falling to the ground inside a large hall full of women while arguing with one of the female instructors about her dress.
 
 
In a statement on Friday, Tehran police insisted "there was no physical encounter" between officers and Amini.
It said Amini was among a number of women who had been taken to a police station for "instruction" on the dress code on Tuesday. "She suddenly fainted while with other visitors in the hall," the statement said. Earlier, President Ebrahim Raisi ordered the interior minister to open an inquiry into Amini's case.