/data/photo/2022/09/18/63270c5d4ce42.jpg "Protests break out in Iran over the death of a woman arrested for clothing problems")
TEHRAN, KOMPAS.com – A woman Iran he died after being arrested by the Iranian “moral police” for allegedly disobeying the country’s dress code.
After his death a series of protests erupted in Iran Mahsa Amini (22), who died in hospital three days after being arrested and reportedly beaten by police in Tehran.
Mahsa Amini, 22, was traveling with her family from Kurdistan province in western Iran to the capital Tehran to visit relatives when she was reportedly arrested on suspicion of violating strict rules on women’s clothing. in Iran.
The Guardian reported that on Friday (9/16/2022), eyewitnesses reported that Amini was beaten in a police car, an allegation that police denied.
Amini’s family was told that the victim was taken to hospital a few hours after his arrest. He was later transferred to the intensive care unit of Kasra hospital.
According to Hrana, an organization human rights Amini’s family was told during her arrest in Iran that she would be released after a “re-education session”.
Police later said Amini had suffered a heart attack.
However, Amini’s family denied this and said she was healthy and had no health problems.
Amini fell into a coma after arriving at the hospital, her family said, adding they had been told by hospital staff Iranian women it’s brain dead.
The photo of Amini lying in a hospital bed in a coma with bandages around his head and a breathing tube is circulating on social media.
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Police violence
The woman’s hospitalization until her death drew criticism from Iranian celebrities and politicians.
Mahmoud Sadeghi, a reformist politician and former member of parliament, asked the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to talk about the case of Amini.
“What did the Supreme Leader, who legitimately denounce the US police for the death of George Floyd, say about the treatment of the Iranian police towards Mahsa Amini?” Sadeghi tweeted on Friday (9/16/2022).
The Interior Ministry and the Tehran prosecutor’s office have launched an investigation into the case on Raisi’s orders, state media reported.
A series of protests erupted in Iran after Mahsa Amini’s death. Protesters initially gathered outside Tehran’s Kasra hospital, where Amini is being treated.
Human rights groups reported that security forces used pepper spray against protesters and many were arrested.
Amini’s body was then transported to his native province of Kurdistan for burial on the morning of September 17.
“Security institutions forced the Amini family to hold funerals without any ceremony to avoid tension,” said Soma Rostami of Hengaw, a Kurdish human rights organization. Guardian.
Despite the warning, hundreds of people reportedly gathered in Amini’s hometown of Saqqez for the funeral. Some chanted anti-government slogans such as “death to the dictator”.
Kurdish civil society organizations have called for a general strike across Kurdistan.
Video of protesters in Saqqez tearing up posters of Iranian authoritarian leader Ayatollah Khamenei, circulated on social media.
Mahsa Amini, 22, who died in the custody of the Iranian police for the morality of forced hijab rules, was buried today in her hometown of Saqqez, Kurdistan province.
His funeral turned into a scene of major protests, violently confronted by the security forces. pic.twitter.com/DqVjbSjIhE
– Shayan Sardarizadeh (@ Shayan86) September 17, 2022
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The incident comes weeks after Iran’s uncompromising president Ebrahim Raisi ordered a crackdown on women’s rights and called for a stricter enforcement of the country’s mandatory dress code since the 1979 revolution.
Raisi signed a decree on August 15 that regulates the clothing of Iranian women and provides for tougher sanctions for violating strict codes, both in public and online.
Several Iranian women were arrested across the country after a “national day of hijab and chastity” was announced on 12 July.
One of them is Sepideh Rashno, a writer and artist who was reportedly beaten and tortured in detention before forcibly apologizing on television.
Human rights groups reported that additional security forces were deployed outside Kasra hospital.
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