Death of Mahsa Amini
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Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی – Mahsâ Amini; 23 September 1999 in Saqqez[2] – 16 September 2022 in Tehran[3]) was a Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested by the Iranian government's Guidance Patrol for not wearing a hijab correctly in public. She was arrested for "Islamic guidance" by Iran's police. The reports on what happened are not clear, but two hours later, she was taken to a hospital. According to the government, she suffered both a stroke and heart attack and later went to a coma.[4] This fact and her leaked medical scans led independent observers to diagnose cerebral hemorrhage and stroke.[5] Eyewitnesses and women who were kept with her, said that Amini was severely beaten. The scars and other marks on her body, proves this.
Mahsa Amini | |
|---|---|
| مهسا امینی | |
| Born | 23 September 1999 |
| Died | 16 September 2022 (aged 22) Tehran, Iran |
| Resting place | Saqqez |
| Known for | Alleged torture by Guidance Patrol, Morality Police of Iran's Islamic republic while in police custody[1] |
The news of Mahsa Amini's death over the mandatory hijab shocked Iranian society and the Persian-speaking social media and sparked a wave of protests.[6]
References
change- ↑ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iranian-woman-said-to-be-in-coma-after-arrest-by-morality-police/, The Times of Israel, 2022
- ↑ Zhina Amini goes into coma 2 hours after arrest by Guidance Patrols, women.ncr-iran, 2022
- ↑ "Iranian woman 'beaten' by police for 'improper hijab' dies after coma: State media". Al Arabiya English. 2022-09-16. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
- ↑ Arrest by hijab police leaves woman comatose, Al Monitor, 2022
- ↑ Brase, Jörg (20 September 2022). "Irans Opposition hat vor allem eine Schwäche" [Above all, Iran's opposition has one weakness]. ZDF (in German). Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ↑ "مهسا امینی سه روز پس از بازداشت توسط گشت ارشاد در بیمارستان جان باخت" (in Persian). رادیو فردا. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
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