The wrath of Iran’s women

Herstory: An unveiled woman making her point as thousands travel towards the cemetery in Amini’s hometown on Oct 26, defying heightened security measures that are part of a bloody crackdown on Iran’s women-led protests. — User-generated content/Twitter/AFP

WHEN Mahsa Zhina Amini, a young Kurdish-Iranian woman, was arrested by Iranian police for not wearing a hijab her brother was told she’d be detained for a few hours and released. Three days later she was dead.

Iran’s notorious “morality police” – whose job it is to make sure women wear veils in public – have been accused of beating Amini, 22, so badly she went into a coma within hours of her arrest and had to be taken to hospital, where she died on Sept 16.