Protesters Burn Headscarves in Iran
Three people had been killed during unrest over the death of a young woman that was arrested for violating a dress code in Tehran.
Key Points:
- Protests raged for a fourth straight day across Iran on Tuesday after a woman died for allegedely breaking a hijab law in Tehran.
- Mahsa Amini’s death unleashed anger over numerous issues including rights, security and an economy reeling from international sanctions.
- Kurdish human rights group Hengaw stated that three people who died were killed on Monday when security forces opened fire on protestors.
- Hengaw shared with Reuters that there were protests in 13 cities on Monday and that 250 people had been arrested.
- Female protesters have been at the forefront of protests and have been burning headscarves and cutting their hair off as an act of symbolic opposition to the law.
- WhatsApp's servers have been disrupted on multiple internet providers, hours after Instagram's services were blocked, London-based NetBlocks said. It is rumored that access to wifi will be restricted as well.
