Monday Briefing: As protests spread, the Iranian regime cracks down on Sunni areas
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LONDON: On Sept. 13, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was arrested in Tehran for violating the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women. In the custody of the Gasht-e Ershad — the “Guidance Patrol,” or morality police — she suffered a catastrophic head injury and, after three days in a coma, died in hospital. Her death was the trigger for hundreds of protests
Majority of Iranians oppose compulsory hijab, do not pray five times a day, Tony Blair Institute finds.
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The protests sweeping Iran have sounded the death knell for a once vibrant reform movement, revealing a big divide with Iranians in the streets demanding an end to theocratic rule.