Clément Bargain, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 11:18 a.m., October 28, 2022

Iranian women have been taking to the streets for 42 days to demonstrate against the regime.

At the origin of these demonstrations, the death of Mahsa Amini.

The young Kurdish woman had been arrested by the morality police.

Since then, the indignation has been great and the movement has spread to the big cities.

In total, dozens of people have died since the start of the conflict.

Europe 1 traces the thread of this unprecedented challenge, 43 years after the 1979 revolution.

After 42 days, the outrage in Iran is even greater.

For more than a month now, Iranian women have been taking to the streets at the risk of their lives to express their anger after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman arrested by the morality police for violating the dress code.

Quickly, the demonstrators received support from men, often students.

A single fight: the freedom to speak, to dress and to remove the veil when one is a woman.

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Dozens of deaths and hundreds of arrests

It is precisely from there that the revolt started... an ill-fitting veil.

The story begins in Tehran on September 13th.

Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish student visiting with her family, is arrested by the morality police.

The reason ?

She is not wearing her veil properly.

The 22-year-old fell into a coma after her arrest and died three days later in hospital.

According to a medical report from the authorities, his death was linked to an illness.

A version disputed by his entourage, who affirms that Mahsa Amini died following a blow to the head.

The press quickly seized on the affair and in the process, the people began to take to the streets.

The demonstrators chant the phrases "women, life and freedom" or even "death to dictators", slogans that will eventually be heard in the main cities of the country with several symbols of support.

Women take off their hijab, burn their veils and cut their hair.

The demonstrations turn into a riot with dozens dead and hundreds arrested.

But the repression of the police, who are now firing on the crowd, the protest against Ayatollah Khamenei does not weaken.

It remains to be seen whether, like the Arab Spring movement, this anger will overthrow the regime established in 1979.