Iranian ladies removed their hijabs after Mahsa Amini's death, while university students burnt their scarves. Since then, women and men have essentially taken over on the country's streets, and the police and security forces have vanished. are Intense demonstrations have claimed the lives of dozens of people.
The demonstrations in Iran are getting more intense every day after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman detained for not donning a headscarf and later found dead. Iranian ladies removed their hijabs and openly criticised the regime in public.
Iranian women ripped off their hijabs and protested vehemently following the death of Mehsamini, a 22-year-old girl who was killed after being detained for dressing inappropriately. The police fled the scene out of concern for the demonstrators' safety.
The murder of Mehsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was detained earlier this month for not donning a headscarf, sparked the largest demonstrations on Iran's streets since the year's deadliest demonstrations.
State media in Iran reports that at least 41 people have died during the protests, but independent sources claim that the actual death toll is significantly higher. So far, there have been reports of the deaths of about 80 people.
The number of demonstrators in Iran is growing every day, and the police are losing control of the scattered throng as a result. As a result, the Iranian police have virtually disappeared from the streets, and protester rule has essentially taken hold in several towns.
Not all streets have views of the green and white Iranian police patrol vans that used to detain women for violating Islamic clothing laws and transport them to moral centres.
A symbol of the Islamic Republic of Iran's campaign against women was the absence of trucks from the Morality police station in Tehran for the first time in ten years.
In support of Mahsa Amini, university students have taken off their hijabs. Girls burned their scarves in numerous campuses while having their photos posted on social media.
Imad Afrooz, a sociologist in Iran, claims that the youth, who already face severe economic issues including poverty and inequality, have added their resentment to the present demonstrations.
He said that we started something that was unjustified on a human, moral, intellectual, and even legal level. Being thrown into a car by a police officer is cruel and against Islamic law.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former president, and his aides have been held accountable for all of these issues. He said that the moral police, which he replaced the guidance police with, were not better.
Even senior police officers, according to Imad Afrooz, are unhappy with this task because they believe that we shouldn't be in charge of women's attire and hairstyles.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, is still silent on Mehsa Amini's passing and the worst, most violent demonstrations that followed.
Two months ago, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, upheld the obligation to cover one's hair. He asserted that the Islamic veil does not impede women's advancement.
Ghulamreza Nouri Ghazalja, a progressive political figure in Iran, remarked that arrests and corporal punishment are not used to compel religious views. No one can be coerced into going to heaven.
It should be recalled that Mehsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died at the hands of Iranian police, was travelling from Kurdistan to Tehran when she was detained because she was not wearing a headscarf. The child was badly mistreated by the police when they had her in custody, according to the eyewitnesses.
Amini was assaulted inside the police van, according to eyewitness accounts, although the police have denied any violence took place inside. Following his arrest, Amini's family was notified that he had experienced a heart attack and had been sent to the Kisra Hospital, where he is currently receiving treatment.
Amini's family claims to the worldwide publication Guardian that she was in perfect condition and had no illnesses at the time of her detention. According to the family, the police had stated that she would be freed following the hijab instruction class.