Current political situation in Iran 2022- statistics & facts
On the 13th of September 2022, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman named Jina Mahsa Amini was arrested by the morality police in Tehran while visiting family. According to news reports, her arrest was prompted by allegations of her not wearing the headscarf properly and violating the Islamic dress code, which all women must follow while out in public in Iran. Amini suffered a brain hemorrhage while in police custody and subsequently passed away a few days later in the hospital. Government officials denied any wrongdoing and claimed a heart attack or stroke might have led to her death. Her family is adamant that she had no prior health issues and her death was caused by head injuries inflicted on her while in police custody. This claim was backed by eyewitness accounts who reported her being beaten at the police station.
