In Iran, women and defenders of freedoms have not taken off since the death on Friday of Mahsa Amini, after his arrest by the morality police, who accused him of an unsuitable outfit.
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the law requires that all women, regardless of their nationality or religious beliefs, wear a veil that covers the head and neck while concealing the hair.
However, over the past two decades, more and more women in Tehran and other major cities are letting strands of hair, or even more, stick out of their veils.
To keep an eye on things, the morality police patrol the streets of cities and regularly arrest women dressed in a manner deemed immodest, to call them to order.
Throughout the weekend and again this Monday, major protests took place to denounce this morality police and to be indignant at the death of Mahsa Amini.
A demonstration took place in particular on Sunday evening in Sanandaj, the capital…
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