Many decided to take to the streets and protest what happened, since they do not believe in the official version.
The young Iranian Mahsa Amini died as a result of the heart attack and coma she suffered in a police station in the country, where she was detained by the Moral Police for not wearing the veil properly, according to reports from the Persian country.
“Mahsa Amini, who fell into a coma following being detained by a morality patrol, has died,” the reformist daily Etemad reported in a brief report, citing an uncle of the young woman as a source.
The 22-year-old was arrested on Tuesday followingnoon for not wearing the veil correctly and was taken to a police station to attend “an hour of re-education”, according to her family.
Hours later she was admitted to a Tehran hospital in a coma following suffering a heart attack.
The news began to spread like wildfire on social networks, where many users expressed their outrage. Later, the police confirmed his arrest and justified it by the need to “explain the dress code.”
The women’s revolution in Iran. Thousands remove their mandatory hijab, following the death of Mahsa Amini, just 22, who was killed by Iranian morality police for wearing it wrongly. There are protests in various parts of the country. Historical. pic.twitter.com/NqI397nUHj
— Agustín Antonetti (@agusantonetti) September 17, 2022
“Suddenly she suffered a heart problem (…) and was immediately taken to a hospital,” the police said in a statement collected by Iranian media.
“President Ebrahim Raisí has ordered the Ministry of Interior to investigate the details of the Mahsa incident urgently and accurately, and to submit a report with the results,” the Iranian government reported on Twitter.
AI calls for an independent investigation
For its part, Amnesty International (AI) has called for a criminal investigation into the suspicious death of the young woman in police custody.
In addition, the human rights group has called laws making the veil mandatory “abusive, degrading and discriminatory.”
The explanations of the Police have not convinced many Iranians who have shown their outrage on social networks.
“Mahsa Amini’s arrest for guidance (on clothing), followed by her heart attack and coma is enough to make several generations of young people hate religion,” reformist cleric Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who served as Vice President of the Supreme Court, said on Twitter. country between 2001 and 2004.
The government of the ultra-conservative Raisí has increased pressure in recent months for women to comply with strict rules of dress and conduct.
Thus, the feared vans of the so-called Morale Police are more visible than before in places like Tajrish Square, in the north of Tehran, full of women who have been arrested for not wearing the veil properly.
The veil has been mandatory since the 1979 revolution led by the Ayatollah, Ruholá Khomeiní, who declared that without it women were “naked”.
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Other versions
Eyewitnesses said Mahsa Amini was beaten while inside a police van when she was detained in Tehran on Tuesday.
Police have denied the allegations, saying Amini “suddenly suffered a heart problem”.
Amini’s family says she was a healthy young woman and had no medical conditions that might explain a sudden heart problem.
Her death comes amid growing reports of repressive acts once morest women, including barring those deemed not to adhere to the Islamic dress code from entering government offices and banks.
On social media, many Iranians, including some government supporters, are expressing outrage at the very existence of morality police Guidance Patrols tasked with enforcing dress codes, which they have dubbed with the hashtag “ Killer Patrols.
Videos have surfaced on social media that appear to show officers detaining women, dragging them across the ground and forcibly taking them away.
Many Iranians blame Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei directly for these cases.
In addition, many have taken to the streets to protest and have removed their veils to defy the police.
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