Iran Protests: Who Was Mahsa Amini?

the death of mahsa amini has resonated with people across iran and ignited anger which has been boiling below the surface for mahsa amini's mother mojgan eftekhari has given her first interview, following the death of her daughter one year ago. mahsa across iran, women remove their hijabs and burn them in public, protesting against the hijab laws and 22 year old mahsa amini's it has been one year since 22 year old mahsa amini died after morality police arrested her in tehran. her death unleashed in september of last year, mahsa amini was killed by the iranian morality police. the incident sparked countrywide protests the father of mahsa amini was briefly detained on saturday, human rights groups said, amid a heavy security force presence on one year ago, a young iranian woman died in police custody after she was arrested for taking off her headscarf, or hijab, required nbc news' yasmin vossoughian explores the impact of mahsa amini's death in iran one year after she died. amini fell into a clashes between iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22 year old woman in police custody have killed iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei insisted the riots that followed mahsa amini's death in custody “were designed by hadis najafi is another victim of iran's strict dress code for women, which is practicing the hijab. she had joined the protest