Current Events > protests happening in Iran due to morality police arresting and killing 22 y/o

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A young woman has died after falling into a coma following her detention by Irans morality police, state media have reported, sparking fury on social media.
Mahsa Amini, 22, was on a visit to Tehran with her family when she was detained by the specialist police unit that enforces the strict dress code obligatory for women since shortly after the Islamic revolution of 1979.
Unfortunately, she died and her body was transferred to the medical examiners office, state television reported on Friday. The announcement came a day after Tehran police confirmed Amini had been detained with other women for instruction about the rules.

"She suddenly suffered a heart problem while in the company of others receiving guidance [and] was immediately taken to hospital with the cooperation of the emergency services, it said.
President Ebrahim Raisi ordered the interior minister to open an inquiry into the case.
Several lawmakers said they would raise the case in parliament, while the judiciary said it would form a special task force to investigate.
Reacting to the incident, human rights organisation Amnesty International said, The circumstances leading to the suspicious death in custody of 22-year-old young woman Mahsa Amini, which include allegations of torture and other ill-treatment in custody, must be criminally investigated.
The so-called morality police in Tehran arbitrarily arrested her three days before her death while enforcing the countrys abusive, degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws. All agents and officials responsible must face justice, it added.
Aminis death comes amid growing controversy both inside and outside Iran over the conduct of the morality police, known formally as the Gasht-e Ershad (Guidance Patrol).
In July, a video of a woman standing in front of one of the forces vans pleading for her daughters release went viral on social media. The veiled woman kept holding on to the van as it pulled off, only being thrown clear after it gathered speed.
The mandatory dress code, which applies to all nationalities and religions, not just Iranian Muslims, requires women to conceal their hair and neck with a headscarf.
Over the decades, women have increasingly pushed back, particularly in the big cities, wearing their headscarves far back on their heads to reveal their hair.

Since 2017, after dozens of women publicly took off their headscarves in a wave of protests, the authorities have adopted tougher measures.
Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has supported a softer attitude towards women who do not comply with the official dress code. But hardliners have called for harsh punishment and even lashes, arguing that allowing women to show their hair leads to moral decay and the disintegration of families. The judiciary has in recent years urged people to inform about women who do not wear the hijab.
Aminis case has drawn condemnation from Iranian celebrities, athletes and other public figures.
The pro-reform former President Mohammad Khatami said the behaviour of the morality police was a disaster, while outspoken politician and former lawmaker Mahmoud Sadeghi called on Khamenei to speak publicly about Aminis case.
What does the Supreme Leader, who rightfully denounced US police over the death of George Floyd, say about the Iranian polices treatment of Mahsa Amini?, Sadeghi said on Twitter.
Former footballer Ali Karimi tweeted that while children of high-ranking officials are leaving the country, our children are dying.
Hossein Mahini, another former footballer, said in a tweet, addressing the morality police: We hate you.

Hopefully this will spark change

The mandatory dress code, which applies to all nationalities and religions, not just Iranian Muslims, requires women to conceal their hair and neck with a headscarf.

Iran are our enemies so no one should be visiting there

Iran are our enemies so no one should be visiting there

the article makes it seem as if the morality police is more extreme than the president of Iran and the Ayatollah.

so hopefully, at the very least, the protests, global scrutiny, etc. lead to an end of the morality police (or some reform).

That's what happens when a disgusting religion decides what's "right" It's long overdue for this garbage to stop

Hopefully they don't stop, and this leads to an all out revolution to overthrow the government

the "morality police" there are basically like if the government here hired the proud boys and gave them the right to beat the shit out of you for being a minority or gay or whatever. it's all psychotic violent young men with fascism boners.

It sounds like those religious people who took over that city in GOT and made Cercie do the shame walk.

yea, it's sad seeing old pictures like that of Iran and Afghanistan.

it just shows that social progress isn't promised, and that it can regress if we're not careful.

Pictures of Iran in the 70s before the Islamic fundamentalist revolution of 79:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/3/AABUaRAADsRx.jpg

Pictures of Iran in the 70s before the Islamic fundamentalist revolution of 79:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/3/AABUaRAADsRx.jpg

Yeah but what if they turned COMMUNIST!!!?

Pictures of Iran in the 70s before the Islamic fundamentalist revolution of 79:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/3/AABUaRAADsRx.jpg

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Things look so peaceful in those. Why would anyone want to get rid of that?

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Things look so peaceful in those. Why would anyone want to get rid of that?

Good shit, of course I mean the mob justice part of it.

Good to see. Religion was such a mistake

you are aware the issue goes back to the us helping to put said people in power right? Before we got involved they were one of the most liberal countries in the Middle East.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/6/4/AAfPfjAADtMs.jpg

you are aware the issue goes back to the us helping to put said people in power right? Before we got involved they were one of the most liberal countries in the Middle East.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/6/4/AAfPfjAADtMs.jpg

You think we put the Mullahs in power?

you are aware the issue goes back to the us helping to put said people in power right? Before we got involved they were one of the most liberal countries in the Middle East.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/6/4/AAfPfjAADtMs.jpg