Iranian woman died "after being beaten by morality police" in protest of the hijab law
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Iran: A 22-year-old woman died in an Iranian hospital days after she was detained by the regime's ethics police for allegedly failing to comply with hijab rules in the country.

Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly visiting relatives with her family while traveling from Iran's western Kurdistan province to the capital, Tehran, after she was found guilty of failing to comply with the country's strict rules regarding women's dress. was arrested for.

Eyewitnesses claimed that Amini was beaten up in a police van, which the police denies.

The announcement comes just weeks after Iran's hardline President Ibrahim Raisi ordered action on women's rights and called for strict enforcement of the country's mandatory dress code, which requires all women since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Must wear hijab.

Amini's family was informed that she had been taken to the hospital several hours after her arrest. He was taken to the Intensive Care Unit of Kasra Hospital.

According to the Iranian human rights organisation, Harana, Amini's family was told during her arrest that she would be released after a "re-education session".

According to the police, Amini had suffered a heart attack. However, Amini's family denied this and claimed that she is healthy and not facing any health problems.

When Amini reached the hospital according to her family, she was in a coma and the hospital staff told them that she was brain dead.

Social media users have shared pictures of Amini lying in a coma on a hospital bed with bandages and breathing tubes on her head.

Iranian celebrities and politicians condemned his hospitalization and his death. Mahmoud Sadeghi, a reformist politician and former MP, has urged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to speak about Amini's case.

"What about the Iranian police's treatment of Supreme Leader Mahsa Amini, who condemned US police for the death of George Floyd?" Sadeghi released a tweet on Friday.

According to state media, following an order from Raisi, the Interior Ministry and Tehran's prosecutor began an investigation into the matter.

On August 15, Raisey signed a decree banning women's clothing both in public and online and imposing harsher penalties for violating the strict code.

Women have been arrested across the country after declaring July 12 as a national "Hijab and Chastity Day". Sepideh Rashno, a writer and artist, was allegedly beaten up and tortured in custody before apologizing forcibly on television.

According to human rights organizations, additional security forces have been deployed outside Kasra Hospital.

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