3 The fight for female freedom in Iran

The brutal death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police has led to protests across the country – don’t let them be in vain, writes comedian and author Shaparak Khorsandi

ON 16 SEPTEMBER, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman living in Iran, died in the custody of the regime’s so-called morality police. Never was an organisation so utterly incorrectly named. The men and women of this branch of the police harass women who are wearing ‘incorrect hijab’ (headscarf ). If their fringe is peeking out, the police will shriek at them to cover up. They appear at public places – train stations, parks, bus stops, shopping centres – and identify women they consider to be improperly dressed. They are known to hit, kick and verbally abuse women who resist their rules. Beautiful, vibrant Mahsa’s ‘crime’ was that her hair was visible when she was arrested while shopping in Tehran. The police thugs reportedly beat her so badly they put…

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