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YOUNG GENERATION IS LEADING THE PRESENT MOVEMENT AGAINST THE USE OF HIJAB By Harihar Swarup The custodial death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was arrested by the morality police in Tehran, has sparked wide protests in Iran. Under the scanner are police who patrol public places to enforce the headscarf law and other
Despite knowing that they may be arrested, beaten, or killed the way 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed at the hands of the notorious Morality Police in Tehran, Iran on September 16, 2022 for wearing the hijab “improperly,” women in Iran are protesting valiantly.
Dozens of cities have been embroiled in protests that were prompted by a young woman’s death in custody but have escalated amid anger over religious rules and a rock-bottom economy.
By Jaime Leon Tehran, Sep 20 (EFE).- While headscarf-wearing is mandatory for women in Iran as one of the Islamic Republic’s non-negotiable rules, parts of the population reject it as witnessed in the ongoing protests following the death of a woman last week in the custody of the so-called morality police. Mahsa Amini died on …