Woman dies after arrest by Iran’s morality police

Woman dies after arrest by Iran’s morality police

ByHero Agyapong Mensah

A young woman has died after falling into a coma following her detention by Iran’s morality police, state media have reported, sparking fury on social media. Mahsa Amini, 22, had come to Tehran, from her hometown of Saqqez in Kurdistan province, with her family when she was detained by the specialist police unit that enforces…

At least 40 killed as mass protests rock Iran after ‘morality police’ kill woman over ‘improper hijab’

At least 40 killed as mass protests rock Iran after ‘morality police’ kill woman over ‘improper hijab’

ByHero Agyapong Mensah

More than 40 people have reportedly been killed as anti-government protests rocked dozens of Iranian cities in the last week following the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman arrested by the Iranian “morality police” for not properly wearing a hijab earlier this month. At least 41 people have been killed, and more than 1,200…