Iranian women are sharing videos of themselves cutting their hair to protest the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died on Friday, September 16, after spending three days in a coma.
Amini was visiting Tehran, the capital of Iran, to visit her family when she was arrested by the Gasht-e Ershad , also known as Iran's so-called "morality police." Under Iranian law, which is enforced by these special police units, women must cover their hair and neck withIt's understood that Iran's morality police accused Mahsa Amini of violating this law before arresting her and taking her to a detention center to be "educated.
People hold up a photo of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini as they participate in a protest against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi outside of the United Nations on September 21, 2022, in New York City.
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