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Iranian Women Publicly Burn Hijabs In Protest After 22-Year-Old Woman Was Killed By "Morality Police"
On Friday, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed, three days after she was arrested in Tehran for allegedly violating the hijab law in Iran. Thousands of women have taken to the streets to protest her death since.
By Gina Florio1 min read
Allegedly, Mahsa Amini was wearing her hijab headscarf in an "improper" way, which sparked the "morality police" to arrest her and beat her. She suffered a fatal blow to the head and died a few days later. Many women have shown up in the streets to demonstrate their support for her senseless death, ripping off their hijab and burning them in fires.