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Monday, September 19, 2022
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Monday, September 19, 2022
Iranians protest death of woman following arrest by ‘morality police’
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People protest at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran, following the controversial death of a young Kurdish woman while in custody by the 'morality police,' which enforces strict dress codes, September 19, 2022. (UGC / AFP)
Fresh protests break out at several universities in Iran’s capital, local media report, over the death of a young woman who had been arrested by the “morality police” that enforces a strict dress code.
The rallies come a day after police made arrests and fired tear gas in the woman’s home province of Kurdistan, where some 500 people had protested, some smashing car windows and torching rubbish bins, reports say.
Public anger has grown since authorities on Friday announced the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, in a hospital after three days in a coma, following her arrest by Tehran’s morality police during a visit to the capital.
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