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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/world/middleeast/iran-death-woman-protests.html
Woman Dies after Arrest by Iran's Morality Police
(New York Times) Farnaz Fassihi - Mahsa Amini, 22, was detained in Tehran on Tuesday for violating the hijab law, which mandates covered hair and loose-fitting robes for women. Iran's security forces claimed Amini had suddenly collapsed from a heart attack at the detention center, while receiving educational training on hijab rules. A photo and video of Amini circulating on social media on Thursday showed her lying unconscious with blood oozing from her ear and bruises around her eyes. Amini's death has sparked widespread outrage among many ordinary Iranians, as well as some officials, senior clerics, celebrities and athletes. Many have called for an end to the practice of harassing and detaining women for not observing the hijab rules.