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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]

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.

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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