reporter: christine, it s been a week since the death of her in the custody of the morality police. we ve seen the protests sparked by her death turn into these massive protests across the country with young men and women demanding freedoms and rights they ve never had. for her family they say they want justice. they want accountability. they want the truth. we spoke to masa s cousin who told us a bit more about who she was as a person and what they say happened to her. the world knows her as masa. to her family she was the kind and shy gina. that s her kurdish name. her cousin in norway sharing these family photos with cnn of happier times of their childhood in iran. she was a very happy girl living in a not so good country with dreams that i don t maybe know about.
several others wounded. people losing their eyes because pellets are being fired at these protesters according to right scripts. i think if you look at the scope and scale of the demonstrations and the response from authorities, you begin to understand why this is a threat to the authorities. it s not just about masa. this is about women s rights, of course this is about the oppression in iran but this is a time of an economic downturn in the country. people are financially struggling. rather than the government focusing on that, what they ve done is expanded the morality police. they ve cracked down on the hijab. these families are kurdish. they re taking place in the kurdish areas. her father just yesterday giving an interview to the bbc essentially blaming the authorities for the death of his daughter saying he was not allowed to see her in custody accusing the authorities of
tell us about this. well, there is so much anger and outrage in iran and beyond. to give you a bit of background, as you mentioned, masa was detained last tuesday. she had arrived in the capital with her family. they were stopped by a patrol from the morality police who told her family they were taken her away for a family of re-education. reportedly over the way she was wearing her head scarf, that is of course, compulsory in iran. her family says that was the last time they saw her awake. she was later reported in a coma, and she died on friday. now, her family and human rights organizations believe that it is the brutality of the notorious morality police that is to blame for her death. authorities there have denied this. they have described this as an unfortunate incident. they have also really tried to push hard this narrative that
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