Mahsa Amini
Title: World News #77 – Mahsa Amini (Dismantle the Morality Police)
Created: 2022
Medium: Graphic Design
Software: Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop CC
Dimensions: 36″x48″
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“Iranian women are burning their hijabs and cutting their hair short in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by Iran’s notorious “morality police,” who enforce the country’s rules on hijabs and other conservative Islamic modes of dress and behavior.
Here’s what we know so far about Amini’s death and the public furor it ignited, and the questions that remain:
Amini, 22, died on Friday in northern Tehran. She had been arrested on Tuesday and reportedly was taken to a hospital shortly afterward.
Amini suffered multiple blows to the head before she died, according to London-based broadcaster Iran International.
Amini was arrested in her brother’s car during a visit to see family members in the capital, the outlet reported. She was originally from Saqqez in Kurdistan province.”
– NPR, Why Iranian women are burning their hijabs after the death of Mahsa Amini.
“The father of an Iranian woman who died in police custody last week has accused authorities of lying about her death, as protests rage nationwide despite the government’s attempt to curb dissent with an internet blackout.
Amjad Amini, whose daughter Mahsa died after being arrested in Tehran by morality police, said doctors had refused to let him see his daughter after her death.
Iranian officials have claimed she died after suffering a “heart attack” and falling into a coma, but her family have said she had no pre-existing heart condition, according to Emtedad news, an Iranian pro-reform media outlet. Public skepticism over the officials’ account of her death has sparked an outpouring of anger that has spilled into deadly protests.
“They’re lying. They’re telling lies. Everything is a lie … no matter how much I begged, they wouldn’t let me see my daughter,” Amjad Amini told BBC Persia on Wednesday.
When he viewed his daughter’s body leading up to her funeral it was entirely wrapped except for her feet and face — though he noticed bruising on her feet. “I have no idea what they did to her,” he said.”
– CNN, Iran protests rage as Mahsa Amini’s father says authorities lied about her death.
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