Iranian Women on Mahsa Amini’s Death and Iran’s Protest Movement

On September 16 in Tehran, a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini—known to those who loved her by Jina, her Kurdish name—died after being detained by Iran’s morality police. They accused her of dressing improperly (a spurious standard used to harass Iranian women) and took her away from her family. Authorities tried to claim she died of a heart attack, but her father told BBC Persian that witnesses had seen her being beaten in custody. In the weeks since her death, a potent protest movement has taken over the streets of Iran. Women have cut off their hair, shed their hijabs… Read Full Article