A 22-year-old woman, who was detained by the moral police of the regime for allegedly not following the hijab rules in Iran, died in the hospital.
Mahsa Amini and her family were traveling from Kurdistan province in western Iran to the capital Tehran to visit relatives when she was reportedly arrested for not following the country’s strict rules on women’s clothing.
Witnesses said Amini beaten in a police vanthe police deny the claim.
The news comes weeks after Iran’s hardline president, Ibrahim Raisi. ordered the violation of women’s rights and called for stricter enforcement of the country’s mandatory dress code, which requires all women to wear the hijab. 1979 Islamic Revolution.
A few hours after the arrest, Amini’s family was informed that he was taken to the hospital. He was placed in the intensive care unit of Kasra hospital.
according to foodIran’s human rights organization said at the time of Amin’s arrest, his family was told he would be released after a “re-education session”.
The police later said that Ami had suffered a heart attack. But Ami’s family disputed this and said she was healthy and had no health problems.
When her family arrived at the hospital, Amini was in a coma and was told by hospital staff that she was brain dead, she said.
Photos of Amini lying in a coma in a hospital bed with a bandage on his head and a breathing tube were circulated on social media.
His hospitalization and death drew condemnation from Iranian celebrities and politicians. Mahmoud Sadeghireformist politician and former deputy, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called to talk about Amin’s case.
“What does the supreme leader, who rightly condemned the US police regarding the death of George Floyd, say about the treatment of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian police? Sadeghi tweeted on Friday.
According to the state media, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Tehran prosecutor started investigating the case after the order of Raisi.
On August 15, Raisi signed a decree restricting women’s clothing and introducing tougher penalties for those who violate the strict code, both in public and online.
Women were arrested all over the country after July 12 was declared the national “hijab and chastity day”. It was one of the women Sepideh Rashnoa writer and artist who was reportedly beaten and tortured in prison before issuing a forced apology on television.
Human rights groups said additional security forces were deployed outside the Kasra hospital.
