According to the sociologist Mahnaz Shirali, many women in particular identify with the fate of Mahsa Amini: “All Iranian women have […] full of bad memories with the moral police everywhere, who systematically oppress women”.
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Demonstrations continue to break out across Iran to protest the death of Mahsa Amini. This young woman, arrested by the vice squad on September 13, died three days later after falling into a coma. Ella had been arrested in Tehran for “wearing inappropriate clothing” by the Deputy Police, a unit tasked with enforcing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s strict dress code for women.
The Iranian authorities deny any responsibility for his death. Mahnaz Shirali, sociologist and political scientist, expert on Iran, told franceinfo on Monday September 19 that this woman had become “the symbol of the injustice that has reigned for 43 years” in Iran. She denounces a regime “that kills its own nationals with complete impunity.” According to the sociologist, “this death has sparked a general outcry, a national outrage from Iranians across the country. Many women in particular identify with Mahsa Amini’s fate: “All Iranian women have memories of skirmishes and many bad memories of the vice police, who are everywhere and systematically oppress women.”
The bloodthirsty regime of the mullahs killed a 22-year-old young woman #Mahsa_Aminibecause her hair was not completely covered by her scarf.
Women in her hometown of Saghez took off their obligatory headscarves in protest
pic.twitter.com/ActEYqNTci— Masih Alinejad ️ (@AlinejadMasih) 09/17/2022
Many Iranian women have filmed themselves on social networks cut her hair or burn their veils in protest. “Iranian women can no longer bear to be arrested or humiliated, they can no longer bear to be whipped because they do not want to wear the veil,” analyzes Mahnaz Shirali. “The death of Mahsa Amini is the straw that broke the camel’s back,” she concludes.