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Benjamin Lynch

Woman, 22, dies after Iranian police beat her into a coma for not wearing hijab

A woman has died in Iran after she was beaten into a coma and declared brain dead by the country's morality police.

Mahsa Amini, 22, was arrested in Tehran for not complying with t he strict and oppressive rules regarding the wearing of hijabs on Tuesday.

She had travelled from Kurdistan to the country's capital to visit relatives when she was abducted from the street and beaten at a police station where a number of other women were also held.

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