Protesters placards demonstration Mahsa Amini, young Iran woman died arrested Tehran Islamic Republic's morality police

Protesters placards demonstration Mahsa Amini, young Iran woman died arrested Tehran Islamic Republic's morality police

Protesters hold placards and chant slogans during a demonstration in support of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's morality police, in Istanbul, Turkey, September 20, 2022.

The U.N. human rights office is calling for a prompt, impartial investigation into the death of a young Iranian woman arrested by the so-called morality police for allegedly wearing an improper hijab.

Iran’s morality police arrested Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman from the minority Kurdish community September 13 in the capital, Tehran, for not wearing the hijab properly.

U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani says she fell into a coma shortly after collapsing at the Vozara Detention Center. She says Amini died three days later.

“There are reports that Ms. Amini was beaten on the head with a baton, and her head was banged against the vehicle by so-called morality police," she said. "Authorities have stated that she died of natural causes.

In recent months, the so-called morality police have expanded street patrols, subjecting women perceived to be wearing a “loose hijab” to verbal and physical harassment and arrest.”

(AFP/VOA)