Video: Iranian Women Chop Off Hair, Burn Hijabs to Protest Against Killing of Mahsa Amini | Watch

Tehran: Massive protests have erupted in Iran after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, died after being in detention by morality police enforcing strict hijab rules. Notably, Amini died in hospital on Friday, three days after she was arrested and allegedly beaten by the so-called ‘morality police.’ Agitating against the injustice, women cut their hair and burnt hijabs to protest against the mandatory veiling of women. Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and activist on her social media account shared a video of women cutting their hair and wrote, “Iranian women show their anger by cutting their hair and burning their hijab to protest against the killing of #Mahsa_Amini by hijab police.”Also Read – Viral Video: Hijab-clad School Girls Dance Joyously at Onam Celebrations in Kerala, Twitter Delighted | Watch

“From the age of 7 if we don’t cover our hair we won’t be able to go to school or get a job. We are fed up with this gender apartheid regime,” she added.  In another tweet, an Iranian journalist shared the visuals from the Tehran University and said that the students joined the protest against the killing of Mahsa Amini by “hijab police”. She also said that the Iranians were outraged.

IRANIAN WOMEN CHOP OFF HAIR TO PROTEST AGAINST KILLING OF MAHSA AMINI: WATCH VIDEO

Iranian women show their anger by cutting their hair and burning their hijab to protest against the killing of #Mahsa_Amini by hijab police.
From the age of 7 if we don’t cover our hair we won’t be able to go to school or get a job. We are fed up with this gender apartheid regime pic.twitter.com/nqNSYL8dUb

— Masih Alinejad ????️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 18, 2022

Women of Iran-Saghez removed their headscarves in protest against the murder of Mahsa Amini 22 Yr old woman by hijab police and chanting:

death to dictator!

Removing hijab is a punishable crime in Iran. We call on women and men around the world to show solidarity. #مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/ActEYqOr1Q

— Masih Alinejad ????️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 17, 2022

“Yesterday the security forces opened fire at protesters in Saghez city but now Tehran joined the protest,” Alinejad said in a tweet. In a series of tweets, Alinejad shared another video on her Twitter handle and said that the “brave women” stormed the streets on the second day and chanted “Don’t be afraid, we are all united.” She also informed that the security forces opened fire at protesters and injured some of them but this doesn’t stop the people from raising their voices against the wrongdoing.

This is Tehran University, students joined the protest against the murdering of #MahsaAmini by hijab police and chanting:
Woman, life, Freedom
Iranians are outraged. Yesterday the security forces opened fire at protesters in Saghez city but now Tehran joined the protest. pic.twitter.com/Bf9jcwWICB

— Masih Alinejad ????️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 18, 2022

These brave women stormed into the streets on day 2 after #Mahsa_Amini was murdered by hijab police.
They chant:

“Don’t be afraid, we are all united.”

Yesterday the security forces opened fire at protesters and injured some of them. People won’t give up. #مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/8RtpMlwSN2

— Masih Alinejad ????️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 18, 2022

As per Al Jazeera, Mahsa Amini, 22, was on a visit to Tehran with her family when she was detained by the specialist police unit. After a while, she suffered a heart attack and was immediately taken to hospital with the cooperation of the emergency services. “Unfortunately, she died and her body was transferred to the medical examiner’s office,” state television said on Friday, reported Al Jazeera.

Human rights activists who have spoken to the family said the police grabbed Amini and forced her inside a police vehicle, CNN reported quoting IranWire. Her brother, Kiarash, intervened however the police told him that they are taking his sister to the police station for one hour of “re-education.” Her brother waited outside the police station for her to be released however an ambulance pulled up and took his sister to the hospital. “The woman was sent to a Greater Tehran police precinct for guidance and education when suddenly, in the presence of other people, she had a heart attack,” the police said, reported CNN quoting state media.

Questioning the version of events given by police, Mahsa’s family said that she was normal with no pre-existing heart conditions. Human rights organisation Amnesty International said, “The circumstances leading to the suspicious death in custody of 22-year-old young woman Mahsa Amini, which include allegations of torture and other ill-treatment in custody, must be criminally investigated.”

(With ANI inputs)