(Iran) Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral [View all]
Source: BBC
Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral
By Ali Hamedani
BBC World Service
17 September 2022
Protests have broken out at the funeral of a woman who died after being arrested by Iran's morality police.
Mahsa Amini, 22, died on Friday, days after eyewitnesses said she was beaten in a police van in Tehran - allegations denied by police.
Some women at the ceremony reportedly removed their headscarves in protest at the compulsory wearing of hijabs.
Mourners chanted "death to the dictator", with videos showing police later firing on a crowd.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62940907
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