Let’s turn to other news for the moment though because Street protests in Iran over the death of a woman in custody have spread to more towns and cities Masa amini’s Family claim she was
attacked after being arrested by the morality police they say she died of natural causes three people have so far died in the unrest this report from BBC Persians Rana Rheem pork contains details some people may find distressing women in Iran said their headscarves on fire in Fury they are tired of the morality police beating them up and the Islamic Republic leaders Who police their every moon their protest is sparked by the death of this woman her name is maso amini and she was just 22. she was arrested by the morality police in Tehran earlier this month they said she wasn’t wearing the mandatory hijab or headscarf properly the security forces have released this CCTV footage of massacre in detention it’s heavily edited Massa collapses the authorities say she had a heart condition but eyewitnesses say she was beaten up in the police van she’s taken to hospital and ends up in a coma a few days later she’s dead women cry death to the dictator and wave their headscarves at her funeral the inscription on her gravestone reads that she’s not dead her name will become a symbol and live forever Massa was Kurdish but protests are spreading across Irana woman stands calmly in front of a water cannon until it has to reverse and here a police motorbike is set on fire the woman filming shouts look we’ve got nothing but we made them run away as massage family predicted her name has already become a symbol a symbol of resistance
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