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  2. Death of Mahsa Amini - Wikipedia

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    On 16 September 2022, 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, [a] also known as Jina Amini, [b] [1] [2] [3] died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol , the religious morality police of Iran's government , had arrested Amini for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government ...

  3. Killing of Nika Shakarami - Wikipedia

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    Shakarami participated in the Mahsa Amini protests of September 2022, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody and aimed at increasing women's rights in Iran. . The riot was called upon by The Covenant (پیمان) and the Neighborhood youth alliance (جوانان محلات ایران) bringing hundreds to Keshavarz Bouleva

  4. Mahsa Amini protests - Wikipedia

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    Mahsa Amini, also Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, was arrested by the Guidance Patrol on 14 September 2022 because of an "improper hijab." The police were accused of beating her and inflicting a fatal head injury, [39] after a CT scan confirmed that Amini had sustained head injuries, a claim denied by Tehran police. [39]

  5. Photos: Protests erupt in support of Iranian woman who died ...

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    Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in police custody last week after she was accused of not wearing her hijab properly and was detained by Tehran’s morality police.

  6. Why are protesters in Iran blocking streets and burning their ...

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    The protests began after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman from Kurdistan, died on Sept. 16 in the custody of the morality police, The Associated Press reported. The protests have escalated ...

  7. Fury grows in Iran over death of woman in custody - AOL

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    STORY: Protesters took to the streets of Iran's capital Tehran for a third day on Monday over the death of a woman in police custody. 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested last week by morality ...

  8. Timeline of the Mahsa Amini protests - Wikipedia

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    According to Hengaw, a Nordic organization that monitors human rights in Iran, three protesters were killed by security forces in Kurdistan province. [13] A 23-year-old man named Farjad Darvishi was killed by police while protesting in Urmia. He was allegedly shot by police security agents during the demonstration, and died from his wounds on ...

  9. US sanctions Iranian morality police after woman's death

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    The sanctions come after at least nine protesters have been killed in clashes with Iranian security forces since violence erupted over the weekend because of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's death ...