Protests continue in various cities across Iran in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died last week while in the custody of Iran’s morality police. Amini was being held for violating the country’s strictly enforced Islamic dress code. Iranian women and their supporters are taking to the streets to burn their hijabs, risking arrest. Marco Werman speaks with Iranian women’s rights activist Sussan Tahmasebi about why this incident seems to have galvanized Iranian women.
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