Fury in Iran as young woman dies following morality police arrest

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Fury in Iran as young woman dies following morality police arrest

By Rana Rahimpour
BBC Persian

16 September 2022

A 22-year-old Iranian woman has died days after being arrested by morality police for allegedly not complying with strict rules on head coverings.

Eyewitnesses said Mahsa Amini was beaten while inside a police van when she was picked up in Tehran on Tuesday.

Police have denied the allegations, saying Ms Amini had "suddenly suffered a heart problem".

It is the latest in a series of reports of brutality against women by authorities in Iran in recent weeks.

Ms Amini's family say that she was a healthy young woman with no medical conditions that would explain a sudden heart problem.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62930425


Police denied eyewitness reports that Mahsa Amini had been beaten

[Midnight Writer]

1. Have our police been training their police?

[niyad]

2. Or the other way around?

[appalachiablue]

3. From The Guardian: Family was told she'd be released after a 're-education session'

.. According to Hrana, an Iranian human rights organisation, Amini’s family were told during her arrest that she would be released after a “re-education session”.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016332201

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4. What Republicans want

What happened in Iran where the police beat a young woman to death for not wearing a head scarf is exactly what Republicans want here in America.