Hundreds of protesters gathered on Sunday around the University of Tehran, shouting “Woman, Life, Freedom,” according to online videos
Under Iran’s sharia, or Islamic law, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes. Offenders face public rebuke, fines or arrest. But in recent months activists have urged women to remove veils despite the hardline rulers’ crackdown on “immoral behavior.”Article contentBy Sunday afternoon the Persian hashtag #MahsaAmini had reached 1.63 million mentions on Twitter.
Between 8 to 10 million Kurds live in Iran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have put down unrest in the country’s Kurdish areas for decades, and the hardline judiciary has sentenced many activists to long jail terms or death.
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