Iranian women carried out an act of burning their headscarves and cutting their hair to protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained by the ‘morality police’. The protest started in Iran is spreading all over the world.
Protests are growing after the death Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained by the morality police. It was revealed that the young woman fell into a coma two hours after she was detained in Tehran and died in the hospital where she was taken.
State television denied the allegations that Amini had been beaten, saying that the police took the young woman to the police station to “advise and educate”, where she suffered a heart attack.
After Amini’s death, Iranian women flocked to the streets. According to media reports, the women chanted “death to the dictator” as security forces used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad claimed that security forces in the Iranian city of Sakkız opened fire on peaceful protesters after Amini’s funeral, and several protesters were injured.
Social media users also shared images of police attacks against women. The #MahsaAmini hashtag, which was opened on Twitter to protest the murder of Amini, was used more than 1.63 million times on the social media platform.
Hengaw Human Rights Organization shared the balance sheet of the protests for Amini. According to the report, at least 38 people were injured and 13 people were arrested in the attacks of Iranian special forces on protests in the provinces of Saggiz and Senendec to protest the killing of Amini.
Women cut their hair, burn their headscarves
Protests for Mahsa Amini continue on the streets of Iran and on social media. Women continue to show their reactions by posting videos of them cutting their hair and burning their headscarves.
Actress Anahita Hemti shared a video of her cutting her hair on Instagram, expressing that cutting hair is a part of the mourning process according to some beliefs in Iran. While in some Iranian legends, women’s haircuts are described as a part of the mourning process, this belief has turned into a representation of anger after Amini’s death.