Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Sept 20: Monday saw new demonstrations in Iran over the death of a young woman who had been detained by the “morality police,” which upholds a stringent clothing code, according to local media.
Authorities’ announcement on Friday that Mahsa Amini (22) had passed away in a hospital after three days in a coma as a result of her arrest by Tehran’s morality police on September 13 during a trip to the capital has increased public ire.
According to the Fars and Tasnim news agencies, protests were conducted throughout Tehran, notably at a number of universities, and the second city, Mashhad.
According to the ISNA news agency, protesters marched down Hijab Street, also known as ‘headscarf street,’ in central Tehran, protesting the morality police.
A few dozen people, including women who had taken off their headscarves, could be seen yelling, ‘Death to the Islamic republic,’ in a brief video that Fars posted.
In the northern city of Mashhad, there was a similar gathering, according to the Tasnim news agency.
In the Kurdistan area where the deceased woman was from on Sunday, police made arrests and used tear gas after an estimated 500 protesters broke windows of cars and set trash cans on fire during their demonstration.
The Islamic Republic’s morality police impose a dress rule that requires women to cover their heads in public. Additionally, it prohibits wearing ensembles with bold colours, ripped jeans, tight pants, and clothing that exposes the knees.
There was no physical contact between the victim and the policemen, according to the police.
General Hossein Rahimi, the head of the Tehran police, stated on Monday that the woman had disregarded the clothing code and that his colleagues had requested that her relatives send her “appropriate clothes.”
He said the evidence shows that there was no negligence or inappropriate behaviour on the part of the police and again rejected unjust accusations against the police.
