Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Dozens of people were killed in Iran during an escalating series of protests following the death of a young Kurdish woman who was apprehended by Morality Police for allegedly violating the country’s strict headscarf laws.
The protests began on 16 September, after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in a Tehran hospital following her arrest by the Morality Police. Witnesses claim they saw the police beating her in the van as she was taken from her family during a trip to Tehran, but the police deny any violence took place.
