22-year-old Iranian woman dies after being arrested by vice squad

Women in a street in Tehran in July 2022. AFP - ATTA KENARE

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A young Iranian woman who was arrested on Wednesday in Tehran by the morality police responsible for ensuring the wearing of the veil died on Friday, September 16, official television announced.

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Mahsa Amini, 22, was visiting Tehran with her family when she was arrested on Wednesday by the special police unit responsible for enforcing strict dress rules for women, including the requirement to cover their hair with scarf.

Tehran police said on Thursday that Mahsa Amini had been arrested along with other women to receive "instructions" on dress rules.

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It was not immediately clear what happened between the young woman's arrival at the police station and her departure for the hospital.

The version of the police questioned

Many human rights defenders have spoken out to denounce yet another example of state repression.

Some question the police version and claim that his condition can only be explained by repeated blows to the head.

Today on social media,

has become a new symbol of the brutality of the Iranian regime.

Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iranian law requires women to cover their heads and bodies.

Since the election of the ultraconservative Ebrahim Raïssi a year ago, police interventions have multiplied. 

Before the announcement of the death, the Iranian presidency had indicated in a press release that the Minister of the Interior had been asked to investigate the case.

The country's judicial authority had also announced via its news agency Mizan Online the formation of a special group to open an investigation.

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AFP)

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