Woman, 22, Dies Days After Arrest By 'Morality Police' Over Hijab In Iran

Saturday, 17 September 2022newsdesk

A young Iranian woman who fell into a coma after being arrested in Tehran by the notorious morality police died on Friday, state media and her family said, with activists urging those responsible for her "suspicious" death be brought to justice.

New Delhi 17 September 2022

As per news report of NDTV Mahsa Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital when she was detained on Tuesday by the police unit responsible for enforcing the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women, which include the compulsory wearing of the headscarf in public. "Unfortunately, she died and her body was transferred to the medical examiner's office," Iranian state television reported. Persian-language media, including the Iran Wire website and the Shargh newspaper have quoted her family as saying that the previously healthy Amini had been rushed to hospital in a coma a few hours after her arrest and had now died.

Source - NDTV