Four years on, Iranians reflect on impact of ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’

Tehran, Iran – Four years ago this week, Mahsa “Jina” Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was leaving a metro station in Tehran with members of her family when she was detained by the Guidance Patrol, Iran’s morality police, for perceived noncompliance with Iran’s mandatory hijab laws.Amini’s headscarf had slightly receded from her forehead, so two female and two male members of the morality police put her in a van and transported her to a so-called re-education centre, where she would receive guidance on how to dress in a way deemed appropriate by the authorities.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4As fuel prices rise again, Iran’s government urges citizens to cut backlist 2 of 4‘Majority do not welcome him’: Trump heads to Ireland amid fury over Gazalist 3 of 4‘War on terror’: How 9/11 changed the language of conflictlist 4 of 4A dignified life is a ‘distant dream’ for many Iranian families amid US warend of listSecurity camera footage released by the government showed Amini in the downtown Tehran re-education centre collapsing onto the ground, as a chador-clad policewoman scolded her. She was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead three days later on Se...