In early september, mahsajina amini, a 22 year old woman, and her younger brother travelled from saqqez, a kurdish city in western iran, to visit the capital city, tehran, for the first time. But theirjourney takes an ominous turn. As soon as they get out of the metro station, mahsa faces two morality police, a force tasked with enforcing strict islamic dress code on women in public. Mahsas clothes are deemed revealing. Mahsa is detained and taken to a Police Station in tehran. An hour later, mahsa complains about something to a female police officer. This cctv footage shows the moment she collapses in the Police Station. By the time she is transferred to a hospital she is brain dead and falls into a coma. Roya piraei and her mother, mino majidi, in the city of kermanshah in western iran, are anxiously following mahsas news. Three days later, mahsa was pronounced dead. The news of her death outraged many across the country. Sanaz karimiazar was a preschool art teacher in saqqez, the ho
Weve seen flashes over the skies of gaza, as israel continues to carry out airstrikes, saying it is targeting hamas fighters, not civilians. But air strikes have killed and injured civilians. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says at least 50 people were killed overnight. Doctors without borders says hospitals in gaza have only have a few days fuel left in their generators. The World Food Programme has distributed some aid, but the un has warned that israel is in breach of International Law by denying civilians access to Essential Supplies of food, fuel and water. Ii of its own staff there have been killed since saturday. Bbc verify is continuing to monitor the impact of the strikes in gaza. One was on the Islamic University of gaza, targeted between tuesday and wednesday. Several videos released by the Israel Defense forces have shown their attacks. Meanwhile, hamas fighters continue to fire rockets into israel. Many have been intercepted by the countrys iron dome defence system, but a