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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stuti Mishra

Iran hijab row: Head of morality police reportedly suspended as 5 killed in protests for Mahsa Amini’s death

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Iran’s head of the controversial morality police has reportedly been suspended after five people were killed amid an intensified protest over the death of Mahsa Amini.

Amini, 22, fell into a coma and died after being arrested by the organisation in national capital Tehran for allegedly not wearing her head scarf well.

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