Based on experiences on social media, Mahsa Amini, 22, was detained earlier this week by the so-called “morality police” after officers apparently discovered fault together with her headband, or hijab.
The headband has been obligatory for girls in Iran since after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and members of the morality police implement the strict gown code.
Police stated on Thursday that Amini was taken to a hospital after she allegedly had a coronary heart assault whereas in custody. Professional-reform information web sites quoted an uncle of Amini as saying she had no historical past of coronary heart illness.
Police stated she was arrested on Tuesday.
The official web site of Iran’s judiciary, Mizan.information, stated that Tehran’s chief prosecutor, Ali Salehi, ordered a police workforce of forensic pathologists to look at the medical features of the case.
Iran’s morality police has been criticized lately over its therapy of individuals, particularly younger girls, and movies uploaded on social media have proven officers forcing girls into police autos.
Iran’s supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has supported a softer angle towards girls who don’t adjust to the official gown code.
However hard-liners have referred to as for harsh punishment and even lashes, arguing that permitting girls to indicate their hair results in ethical decay and the disintegration of households. The judiciary has lately urged folks to tell on girls who don’t put on the hijab.
Since 2017, after dozens of girls publicly took off their headscarves in a wave of protests, the authorities adopted more durable measures.
Amini’s case has drawn condemnation from Iranian celebrities, athletes and different public figures.
Former pro-reform President Mohammad Khatami stated the conduct of the morality police was a “catastrophe” whereas outspoken politician and former lawmaker Mahmoud Sadeghi referred to as on Khamenei to talk publicly about Amini’s case.
Fashionable former soccer participant, Ali Karimi, tweeted that whereas kids of high-ranking officers are leaving the nation, “our youngsters are dying.”
Hossein Mahini, one other former soccer participant, stated in a tweet, addressing the morality police: “We hate you.”
