There has been widespread unrest in Iran after the death of 22-year-old MahsaAmini in police custody, with many women removing their headscarves and cutting their hair in public.
, telling BBC Persian that he had not been allowed to view his daughter’s autopsy report. Mr Amini claimed that he only saw his daughter’s body after it had been wrapped for burial, when just her feet and face were visible, which revealed bruising on her feet.Women in Iran have been burning their headscarves in the streets as part of the protests.
The protests, which have taken place in towns and cities across the country – including Amini’s hometown of Saqez – have been met with force by police, who have used tear gas, gunshots and water cannons in attempts to disperse protestors. Dozens have been killed during the protests, with the latest figures from the Norway-based Iran Human Rights organization suggesting thatIranian women have also uploaded videos of themselves cutting their hair and burning their hijabs on social media in a show of defiance against the government and in support of the protestors, but internet access has been heavily restricted by the Iranian government.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe – who spent six years in an Iranian prison before she was returned to the UK earlier this year – recorded a video of her cutting her hair in solidarity with the Iranian protestors taking to the streets.
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