Mahsa Amini

On 16 September 2022, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini, was arrested by Iran's religious morality police for allegedly not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards. Authorities claimed she suffered a heart attack at the station and fell into a coma, but eyewitnesses detained with her reported she had been severely beaten. She died in a Tehran hospital under suspicious circumstances; leaked medical scans suggested cerebral hemorrhage or stroke from head injuries. The protests that followed became more widespread than those of 2009, 2017, and 2019. By December 2…