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Fury grows in Iran over woman who died after hijab arrest
Sep 19, 2022
DUBAI: Protests persisted on Sunday and #Mahsa Amini became one of the top hashtags ever on Persian-language Twitter as Iranians fumed over the death of a young woman in the custody of morality police enforcing strict hijab rules.
Amini, 22, died on Friday after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran earlier in the week, putting a spotlight on women’s rights in Iran. —Reuters