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Death of Mahsa Amini

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 proved this.

Mahsa Amini
مهسا امینی
Born(1999-09-23)23 September 1999
Saqqez, Kurdistan province, Iran
Died16 September 2022(2022-09-16) (aged 22)
Tehran, Iran
Resting placeSaqqez
Known forAlleged 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]

Death Of Mahsa Amini Media

  • 1979 Iranian Women Day's protests against mandatory hijab laws

  • A sign in a protest in Toronto with the epitaph on Amini's grave in Kurdish that reads "Jina, dear! You will not die. Your name will turn into a symbol."

  • Amjad Amini, Mahsa Amini's Father

  • Kasra Hospital (pictured in 2016) was the place where Amini died.

  • Protests in Melbourne to stand in solidarity with the Iranian protests.

  • People protest against Amini's killing in Tehran's Keshavarz Blvd

  • Members of the European Parliament have awarded the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement

References

  1. ↑ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iranian-woman-said-to-be-in-coma-after-arrest-by-morality-police/, The Times of Israel, 2022
  2. ↑ Zhina Amini goes into coma 2 hours after arrest by Guidance Patrols, women.ncr-iran, 2022
  3. ↑ Iranian woman ‘beaten’ by police for ‘improper hijab’ dies after coma: State media (in en). Al Arabiya English (2022-09-16). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  4. ↑ Arrest by hijab police leaves woman comatose, Al Monitor, 2022
  5. ↑ Brase, Jörg (20 September 2022) (in de). Irans Opposition hat vor allem eine Schwäche. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/iran-protest-mahsa-amini-100.html. Retrieved 22 September 2022. 
  6. ↑ مهسا امینی سه روز پس از بازداشت توسط گشت ارشاد در بیمارستان جان باخت (in fa)رادیو فردا. Retrieved 2022-09-16.


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