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  2. Death of Mahsa Amini - Wikipedia

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    On September 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian girl was killed in the custody of Iran's morality police in Tehran, for not properly wearing a compulsory hijab. In Iran, the slogan "Women, Life, Freedom" was first used at Mahsa's burial and later followed through nationwide protests against the totalitarian regime of Iran."

  3. Death of Armita Geravand - Wikipedia

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    The argument turned violent, and the hijab enforcer physically attacked her. According to the Tehran and Houmah Metro Company, the TWM-EM-1203 series subway car that Geravand boarded is equipped with multiple video surveillance cameras. [9] However, Iranian news agencies have not released any footage from inside the train. [3] [10]

  4. Deaths during the Mahsa Amini protests - Wikipedia

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    By December 17, 2022, at least 469 people have been killed. 374 of the deaths were men and 63 of the deaths were children and 32 were women. 39 protesters are also at risk of execution [18] According to the Iranian government, around 200 people have died during the protest. [19] Human rights activists assume a high number of unreported deaths. [11]

  5. A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab ... - AOL

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    A crackdown by security forces that followed saw more than 530 people killed and over ... or hijab. Iran's parliament is discussing a law that would increase punishments on uncovered women and the ...

  6. UN warns Iran the world is watching its response to woman who ...

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    Iran’s security forces reportedly assaulted the woman and tore off her clothes inside Tehran’s Islamic Azad University science and research branch on Saturday for not following strict hijab rules.

  7. Iran to blame for violence that killed Mahsa Amini, U.N. finds

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    Iran is to blame for the “physical violence” that killed Mahsa ... a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, died Sept. 16, 2022, in a hospital after her arrest three days earlier by the country ...

  8. Mahsa Amini protests - Wikipedia

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    An unmarried couple walk hand in hand. A woman holds her head high when asked by Iran's once-feared morality police to put a hijab on, and tells them: "Screw you!" [152] 20% of women in Iran are now going out on to the streets without the veil, according to the estimate of a Western diplomat in Tehran. [152]

  9. Why are women burning their hijabs in protest in Iran? - AOL

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    Protests led by women have erupted across Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, a Kurdish woman who was visiting Tehran on Sept. 13 when she was detained by Iran's "morality police," reportedly ...