Mahsa Amini

The skull CT scan of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian woman who died in religious police custody, shows bone fracture, hemorrhage and brain edema, ...

This source emphasized that Mahsa's condition "was such that she could not be saved nor was surgery possible because her brain tissue was seriously damaged and it was clear that the patient was not injured by a single punch and must have received many blows to her head." The source added that her lungs were filled with blood when she was transferred to the hospital and it was clear that she “could not be revived." Doctors say the results are compatible with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to brain trauma.

Iranian newspapers report on the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died in custody after being detained by a police unit in charge of enforcing mandatory hijab ...

[reports](https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-vice-president-son-vpns/32032030.html) emerged that the son of Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs has set up a company to sell virtual private networks (VPN) in Canada. [comfortably](https://iranwire.com/en/world/106466-report-4000-children-of-iranian-regime-officials-living-abroad/) [living](https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2019/01/12/While-Iranian-regime-bash-the-West-elites-children-reap-its-benefits) and at times [gallivanting](https://observers.france24.com/en/20180919-ferraris-pet-tigers-instagram-posts-kids-iran%25E2%2580%2599-elite-touch-nerve) abroad in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Today, in a country where its moral police uproot people’s lives on a daily basis, you freely see pimps and prostitutes roam around in restaurants and streets across the country. But it was Raisi‘s government that ordered [heightened vigilance](https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-morality-police-sick-girl-disciplined/31952305.html) by the morality police over the past few months. [protestors](https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-62946128) were dispersed with teargas and force, something that’s happened in the [past](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/13/iran-protests-witnesses-live-ammunition-fired-disperse-crowds-tehran). The internet, of course, provides at least a virtual “escape” for the millions of Iranian youth deprived of most basic opportunities by brazen domestic corruption, mismanagement, embezzlement, nepotism, and international sanctions. The rage of the people reflects a deeply rooted fatigue and anger toward a system that’s embedded in hypocrisy, corruption, and medieval practices toward its citizens. The world needs to understand that there are millions of women in Iran who wholeheartedly believe in the virtue of their hijabs, but detest its mandatory enforcement by the violent and archaic policies of the regime. Her family denies the government contention that Amini suffered from [“pre-existing conditions”](https://www.sharghdaily.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-100/856385-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%85) that prompted a stroke. Others – familiar with the violent [ manhandling](https://www.rferl.org/a/iranians-push-back-say-rough-treatment-at-hands-of-morality-police-is-the-norm/29182810.html) common among the morality police–cite the possibility of impact or use of force in the van. In an attempt to find a way out, he used his tennis gear as an alibi, explaining that he had just left a tennis game and was on his way home. It shows Amini gradually collapsing onto the back of a chair, then crumbling to the floor.

Two men were killed in Iran on Monday during protests over the death of a young woman while she was in the custody of the morality police, a Kurdish rights ...

The damned (police) agents are attacking". State TV said a number of protesters had been arrested, but rejected "some claims of deaths on social media" by showing two injured youths who denied reports they had been killed. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

A 22-year-old Iranian woman died after being arrested for allegedly violating its strict hijab rules – sparking protests against the Islamic Republic's ...

Police released a video showing a woman identified as Amini walking into a room and sitting down with other people. On Monday, protesters flung rocks at security forces in the town of Divandarreh in the Kurdish region, footage posted on Twitter by Kurdish rights group Hengaw showed, Reuters reported. Witnesses accused police of beating Amini inside a van as she was led to a detention center. On Monday, police denied accusations of mistreatment of the woman and said she fell ill as she waited with other women being held by the morality police. Authorities had accused Amini of breaking the law requiring women to cover their hair with a headscarf, and their arms and legs with loose clothing. Her death sparked widespread demonstrations in Tehran and the Kurdistan province where she lived in Saqez, the news outlet reported.

A London-based news outlet said on Monday it had obtained the skull CT scan of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran.

Women who break the strict dress code risk being harassed and arrested by Iran’s morality police. Doctors say the results are compatible with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to brain trauma,” it added. Satellite news channel Iran International said it obtained the medical documents through a hacktivist group.

PARIS, Sept 19 (Reuters) - France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the arrest and violence that lead to the death of Mahsa Amini on Monday.

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Mahsa Amini, 22, collapsed after being held by morality police for allegedly breaking hijab rules.

He also said his daughter had suffered bruising to her legs and that the CCTV footage showed an "edited version" of events. Hengaw reported the deaths of two protesters following Monday's clashes in Divandarreh, which is located between Saqez and Sanandaj. She is then seen holding her head with her hands and collapsing to the ground. She was detained outside a metro station in Tehran on Tuesday by morality police. They accused her of breaking the law requiring women to cover their hair with a headscarf, and their arms and legs with loose clothing. Her death sparked protests in the capital and western Iran, where two people were reportedly killed in clashes with riot police on Monday.

The morality police detained 22-year-old Mahsa Amini for not covering her hair with the Islamic headscarf, which is mandatory for Iranian women.

The judiciary has launched a probe, and a parliamentary committee is also looking into the incident. The force has been criticized in recent years, especially over its treatment of young women. Police say she died of a heart attack and deny that she was mistreated. They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.

Violence erupts in Iran after woman dies in 'morality police' custody ... Security forces cracked down on protesters demonstrating across Iran over the death of a ...

[Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-biden-middle-east-tehran-ebrahim-raisi-9bf36da5ca7daa87116c5f7d37827a5a) reported. [Iran International,](https://www.iranintl.com/en/202209198105) a London-based news channel. Officials denied those claims, [the Guardian reported](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/19/mahsa-amini-iran-protests-enter-third-day-after-kurdish-womans-death-in-custody). Raisi, a hard line cleric who assumed office last year, has called for strict enforcement of the dress codes. Raisi is in New York this week, where he will address the U.N. Monday marked the third day of unrest across Iran, with protests in numerous places, including Tehran, the capital.

Mahsa Amini, 22, died on September 16 just days after being taken into police custody for allegedly breaking the country's hijab rules.

“Instead, the United States and the Iranian people mourn her. We call on the Iranian government to end its systemic persecution of women and to allow peaceful protest.” A spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement that what happened to Amini “is unacceptable and the perpetrators of this killing must be held accountable.” She is not coming back to life. “Mahsa Amini should be alive today,” U.S. Amjad Amini told VOA Persian he does not believe the government’s promises and that he wants “everyone to keep asking for accountability.”

Protesters in Iran are demanding an investigation into Amini's death and the dismantling of the morality police.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, who departed for New York on Monday to address the United Nations General Assembly, has ordered an investigation and pledged to pursue the case in a phone call with Amini’s family. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns. They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle.

Five people have been killed by Iranian security forces during protests that were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, who was being held in police custody, ...

One video shared by the Free Union of Iranian Workers showed protesters in Sanandaj chanting "death to dictator." But the explanations from the police were not accepted by protesters. Iranian officials said they have conducted an autopsy on Amini's body. However, her family said she did not have a pre-existing heart condition, Emtedad news, an Iranian pro-reform media outlet which claimed to have spoken to Amini's father, said. It said 75 others were injured in other cities over the weekend. The semi-official news agency Fars reported the protesters were "not convinced" by the police's justification of Amini's death and claimed she died "under torture."

Tehran officials claim conspiracy amid fourth day of protests over 22-year-old woman's death in custody.

CT scans of her brain released by the hospital have become the subject of medical dispute, with government supporters citing neurologists claiming they show the psychological stress was caused by the previous brain operation, and its critics claiming they show signs of a physical beating and trauma. It said verified videos showed women being slapped in the face, struck with batons and thrown into police vans for wearing the hijab too loosely. However, videos of beatings and protests were posted on social media, including footage with the sound of gunfire. The regime is determined to argue that she died in police custody not due to any beating but as a result of a pre-existing brain condition, and an operation conducted when she was five. are not the work of ordinary people.” Human rights groups in New York are protesting against his presence and launching legal actions against him.

GENEVA (20 September 2022) – Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif today expressed alarm at the death in custody of Mahsa Amini ...

[@unitednationshumanrights](https://www.instagram.com/unitednationshumanrights/) [unitednationshumanrights](https://www.facebook.com/unitednationshumanrights) Security forces have reportedly responded with live ammunition, pellet guns and teargas. In recent months, the morality police have expanded street patrols, subjecting women perceived to be wearing “loose hijab” to verbal and physical harassment and arrest. [@UNHumanRights](http://twitter.com/UNHumanRights) Amini, who also goes by the Kurdish name Jhina, died three days later.