The death of Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, gave the 22-year-old woman a place in Iranian history, triggering a wave of protests that, six months later, is helping to transform Iranian society. Accused of wearing "inappropriate" clothing in central Tehran by the morality police, Mahsa Amini was taken to their premises. In an office, Mahsa Amini collapses after an exchange with a police officer, according to a short surveillance video released by the authorities. The young woman from Iranian Kurdistan, who was preparing to enter university, died three days later in hospital. The state denies any involvement in his death.
Since the beginning of the wave of protests provoked by his death, "at least 500 people have been killed and among them, at least 70 were under 18 years old, were children," said Thursday, March 16, the Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi. He added: "More than 20,000 people have been imprisoned for daring to raise their voice against the government."
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