Iran's morality police claim that Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, 22, fell ill while in custody, but her family and witnesses describe injuries consistent with beatings.
Women took to the streets of Iran and removed their hijabs in response to the alleged murder of Amini, 22, who died while in morality police custody after her arrest for not wearing the hijab correctly.Video from Iran shows hundreds gathered in protest at the funeral for a 22-year-old whom police arrested and allegedly beaten to death for violating strict laws requiring women to cover their hair, prompting further calls to deny Iran's president entry to the U.S.
The police rushed Amini to hospital shortly after she fell into a coma during her detention, claiming that she had collapsed while in custody, but her family said they saw evidence of beatings. Amini died three days later, but the police deny that Amini was killed. Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for the U.N. Secretary-General, told Fox News Digital that the colleagues in the U.N. office in Iran were"deeply saddened" by Amini’s death and extend their"heartfelt condolences." He did not confirm whether the secretary-general would raise the topic during a potential
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