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François PICARD

Iran protests: Fury at morality police sparks women's rights movement

People protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini light a fire in the street in Tehran, Iran on September 21, 2022. © Wana News Agency via Reuters

There's been no let-up in Iran's biggest protests since 2019, which have seen unprecedented footage of public burnings of the hijab. Despite disruptions to the internet, popular unrest has flared for a sixth day across the country over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. The 22-year old Kurdish woman had been detained by the morality police for improperly wearing her hijab. We ask our panel: how far will this women's rights movement go? 

It's the story of a 22-year old who goes to the big city to see her relatives and winds up dead. Iran has seen a groundswell of protest since the death in detention of Mahsa Amini; outrage that spread from small towns in her native northwest to major metropolises across the country. 

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