Mahsa Amini | Anti-Hijabi Iran protest | What you need to know about Iran's protest.

Mahsa Amini

Mahsa Amini was a girl from Iran. According to the members of her family, her mother and her brother who have spoken to the media outside of Iran, they said that Mahsa was arrested on 13 September when she was leaving a subway station in the capital Tehran, her brother was with her at the time she was detained by the morality police enforcing strict hijab rules. She was then ushered into a van and transported to a police station and then at the police station, according to the officials, who have released the cctv footage, she suddenly collapsed. The police said that they believe she had pre-existing conditions and that was the cause of heart attack.

Her family had the different version of the events, they said that she had no pre-existing health issues, she was a healthy 22 year old woman. She was taken to the police station and never left that place and was transported to the hospital where she was in coma for a few days and then she was taken off life support and pronounced dead.

Her family has laid her body to rest in her hometown and the entire country is demanding an investigation into what actually happened. They main issue is not just what actually happened to her, the issue is that the officials need to be responsible for well-being of people they have in custody.

Iranians Protests

The Mahsa Amini protests began hours after her death in Tehran. Protests first began at the hospital where Amini was treated and then quickly spread to other cities, firstly in Amini's home province of Kurdistan, including Saqqez, Sanandaj, Divandarreh, Baneh, and Bijar. In response to these demonstrations, beginning on 19 September the Iranian government implemented regional shutdowns of Internet access. As protests grew, a widespread Internet blackout was imposed along with nationwide restrictions on social media. In response to the protests over Amini's death, people held demonstrations in support of the government across several cities in Iran.

As a sign of protest, a group of women took off their hijabs . They chanted the slogans "death to the dictator", "shame on us, shame on us / our bastard leader", and "death to Khamenei". Some people honked their car horns in the streets as a protest. Another protest against compulsory hijab-wearing laws took place that evening in Tehran's Argentina Square. Protesters chanted slogans against Iran's president and compulsory hijab-wearing laws.

Iran’s largest protests in almost three years have seen security forces fire live rounds, while protesters have hurled rocks, torched police cars and set fire to state buildings. Students in many universities have announced a strike until all students arrested since last week are not freed and authorities do not resume normal classes and lectures. Universities suspended in-person classes last week, to reduce student presence on campuses and chances of large protests.