The death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman in police custody for allegedly breaching strict female dress codes has generated furious protests over morality laws, as more women are flouting them
The death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman in police custody for allegedly breaching the country’s strict female dress code has generated furious protests over the Islamic Republic’s so-called morality laws at a time whenHundreds of mourners turned out for the funeral of Mahsa Amini
in her hometown in northwestern Iran on Saturday, a day after she died in a Tehran hospital. Protests erupted in the town, Saqqez, with demonstrators tearing down a poster of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to videos shown by U.S.-funded news organization Radio Farda.
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