German foreign minister urges Iran heed women protesters

FILE PHOTO: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during a joint news conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 10, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

(Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister on Tuesday called on Iran's leadership to listen to the women protesting in the streets over the death of a woman in police custody, saying they were standing up for basic human rights.

Mahsa Amini, 22, from Iran's Kurdistan province, fell into a coma and died while waiting with other women held by Iranian morality police, who enforce strict rules in the Islamic Republic requiring women to cover their hair and wear loose-fitting clothes in public.