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WHAT’S BEHIND THE PROTESTS IN IRAN?

By Miriam Berger
Updated September 23, 2022 at 11:52 a.m. EDT|Published September 22, 2022 at
7:08 p.m. EDT
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Iranian women burned headscarves and cut their hair to protest Iran's “morality
police,” after a 22-year-old died in their custody in Tehran on Sept. 16.
(Video: Neeti Upadhye, Hadley Green, Jackson Barton/The Washington Post)
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Iran on Friday continued to intensify its violent crackdown on nationwide
protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini — a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian
woman detained by police last week for a supposed violation of the country’s
ultraconservative dress code — who has become a symbol for nationwide anger over
poverty, repression, clerical control and government impunity.



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More than 30 people, the majority in Amini’s Kurdistan province, have been
killed, and hundreds more have been injured or arrested, according to rights
groups and news reports. The government has blocked Instagram and WhatsApp and
cut or slowed access to the internet and cellular service in much of the
country.

Iran’s military and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have warned they
will escalate their clampdown if demonstrations do not stop — though as of
Friday there was no sign of the unrest and anger abating.

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Here’s what to know about what’s happening in Iran.

Listen to Post Reports: Why women are burning hijabs in Iran


WHAT TO KNOW

 * Why are Iranians protesting?
 * Are hijabs obligatory for women in Iran?
 * What are the morality police in Iran?
 * What happened to Mahsa Amini?
 * How has Iran’s government, and the international community, responded?






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