Fury in Iran as young woman dies following morality police arrest [View all]
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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Police denied eyewitness reports that Mahsa Amini had been beaten
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