Tag: Mahsa Amini

By Yasmeen Khan The death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini after being arrested by Iran's morality police sparked protests in Islamic Republic with women groups and rights advocate demanding withdrawal of the ‘enforcement’ clause with regard to female dressing. On the other hand, the Guidance Patrol, the morality police, claimed that the deceased did not wear hijab as per the government’s standards. Further, the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic stated that she had a cardiac arrest at a police station where she collapsed and subsequently fell into a coma...