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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 07:09 PM Sep 2022

(Iran) Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral

Source: BBC

Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral

By Ali Hamedani
BBC World Service

17 September 2022



Protests have broken out at the funeral of a woman who died after being arrested by Iran's morality police.

Mahsa Amini, 22, died on Friday, days after eyewitnesses said she was beaten in a police van in Tehran - allegations denied by police.

Some women at the ceremony reportedly removed their headscarves in protest at the compulsory wearing of hijabs.

Mourners chanted "death to the dictator", with videos showing police later firing on a crowd.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62940907

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(Iran) Mahsa Amini: Women take headscarves off in protest at funeral (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2022 OP
So sad about that poor woman's death Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #1

Farmer-Rick

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1. So sad about that poor woman's death
Sat Sep 17, 2022, 07:25 PM
Sep 2022

Over a silly piece of fabric. Her life was worth a lot more than that.

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