Iranian women are burning their hijabs in the street. Days of rageįor 20 days, thousands of Iranians, women and men, have been demonstrating in the four corners of Iran. The regime now finds itself challenged as it has rarely been before. There comes a time when one small piece of news at the bottom of the page, just one infamy among many, becomes the detonator – the final straw that unleashes the courage of part of the population and ignites an explosion. Dictatorships are always surprised by events. #KINGDOM UNDER FIRE 2 ENGLISH FULL#This death, unexplained except for the certainty that it followed an arrest for an "improperly" worn hijab, of a young woman who, until that autumn morning, seemed to be in full health, has set off a storm. Her parents, who came to the hospital, are sure she was beaten, evoking the streaks of blood along her temples. The authorities said her death was caused by a heart problem. Dead because of an exposed strand of hair at 22 years old, in the prime of her youth? Read more Subscribers only In Iran, repression behind closed doors She died on September 16 and was buried in Saqqez the following day. A few hours later, she was taken to a hospital in a deep coma. Amini was taken into custody at a police station. A van of the morality police passed by and stopped the young woman: They said her hijab was badly put on – maybe it hung too much behind. She wore her "Islamic" hijab: the ruling theocracy has made it compulsory for women to wear one since 1983. On the morning of September 13, she took the subway to the center of Tehran and walked along a park. Mahsa Amini came from the small town of Saqqez in Iranian Kurdistan (northwestern Iran), a socially conservative region. She was 22 years old and had no interest in politics but rather in today's singers. Tehran is a pleasant city in the autumn, far removed from the summer heat and with the winter chill still far away. She was visiting the capital with her parents and brother. Published on Octoat 01h17, updated at 10h17 on OctoTime to 4 min. The disconnect between the Iranian government and a population that is now largely educated and conservative but increasingly religious is becoming greater with each passing day, writes 'Le Monde' editorialist Alain Frachon. 'In 2022 Iran, the compulsory hijab is an absurd and humiliating form of violence' Column
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