(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 24. A total of 35
citizens and police officers have died during protests in Iran
since September 19, 2022, Trend reports citing Islamic Republic of Iran
Broadcasting (IRIB).
According to the report, a lot of people were injured during the
protests.
The protests in Iranian cities are ongoing, being prompted by
the death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, allegedly
after being beaten by Iran's morality police while in custody for
violating the strict hijab-wearing rules. Amini's death on
September 16 triggered mass protests in Iran several days
later.
Hijab was made mandatory for women in Iran shortly after the
country's 1979 revolution. Women who break the strict dress code
risk being arrested by Iran's morality police. Based on the dress
code, women are required to fully cover their hair in public and
wear long, loose-fitting clothes.
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