{"id":7878,"date":"2022-09-17T23:16:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/?p=7878"},"modified":"2022-09-17T23:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T17:16:20","slug":"iran-police-fire-tear-gas-as-protests-erupt-at-funeral-of-woman-arrested-by-morality-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/world\/2022\/09\/17\/news\/7878\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran police fire tear gas as protests erupt at funeral of woman arrested by morality police"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mahsa Amini died Sept. 16 after falling into a coma following her detention by Iran\u2019s morality police enforcing Iran\u2019s strict hijab rules. (Screenshot\/Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TEHARN, Broadcasting News Corporation : Iranian police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse a protest rally in the country\u2019s west following the funeral ceremony for a young woman who died while in police custody in Tehran earlier this week, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The police have said that 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained on Tuesday after Iran\u2019s so-called \u201cmorality police\u201d found fault with her headscarf, or hijab, had died of a heart attack. The police have also released closed circuit footage from the police station, which they say shows the moment Amini collapsed. A relative has said she had no history of heart disease.
\nAccording to the Fars report, after Amini\u2019s funeral in the city of Saqez, about 460 kilometers (280 miles) west of the capital, Tehran, some protesters gathered in front of the governor\u2019s building, chanting slogans. The report did not elaborate. After police showed up and fired tear gas, the protesters dispersed. There was no immediate information about any injuries. Videos posted on social media Saturday purported to show protesters in Saqez chanting anti-government slogans but the Associated Press could not authenticate the videos or confirm the location in the footage. Amini\u2019s death triggered an outcry against the morality police from celebrities and prominent figures on social media. Iran\u2019s judiciary launched an investigation into her death. The headscarf has been compulsory for women in Iran since after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and members of the morality police enforce the strict dress code. The force has been criticized in recent years over its treatment of people, especially young women, and videos uploaded on social media have shown officers forcing women into police vehicles. Since 2017, after dozens of women publicly took off their headscarves in a wave of protests, authorities have adopted tougher measures. However, the reformist Etemad Melli political party urged Iran\u2019s parliament to cancel the law on the mandatory hijab and suggested President Ebrahim Raisi do away with the morality police. The Kasra hospital in Tehran, where police took Amini after she collapsed and slipped into a coma, said she was brought in without vital signs. Oscar-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who rarely reacts publicly to events in Iran, expressed sorrow and called Amini\u2019s death in custody a \u201ccrime.\u201d Iranian hard-liners have called for harsh punishment and even lashes of women who disobey the hijab law, arguing that allowing women to show their hair leads to moral decay and the disintegration of families. The judiciary has in recent years urged people to inform on women who do not wear the hijab. NEWS COLLECTED FROM ARAB NEWS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TEHARN, Broadcasting News Corporation : Iranian police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse a protest rally in the country\u2019s west following the funeral ceremony for a young woman who died while in police custody in Tehran earlier this week, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The police have said that 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7880,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7878\/revisions\/7880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}