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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Sophie Halle-Richards

'I was dragged off the street by men checking my hijab... it happens every day'

Mahboobeh Rajabi was just 14-years-old when she experienced her first encounter with morality police in her home country of Iran.

She claims she and her friends were stopped by Guidance Police - known as the Gasht-e Ershad - as they went shopping, over concerns their hijab was not being worn correctly. Mahboobeh claims she was dragged by the head by police, before luckily managing to escape.

So, when the mum-of-one, who has lived in Manchester since 2009, heard about the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Iran earlier this month, it sparked a triggering sense of familiarity.

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