At least five people were killed when Iranian police opened fire on protesters demonstrating against the alleged in-custody murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman.
opened fire on protesters outraged at the alleged police murder of a 22-year-old woman Monday, killing at least five, reports say.centering around the capital of Tehran and the northeastern Kurdish region. Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died last week after being arrested for not wearing a headscarf in Tehran.
People run away from anti-riot police during a protest over the death of a young woman who had been detained for violating the country's conservative dress code, in downtown Tehran, Iran. Many women demonstrating after Amini's death refused to wear a headscarf, with some burning their hijabs on the street.