Mahsa Amini, 22, was arrested on September 13 in Tehran for “inappropriate clothes” by the customs police. She died three days later in the hospital.
Le Monde with AFP
The main reform party of Iran urged, Saturday, September 24, the State to cancel the obligation to carry the veil after the death of a young woman held by the police, who triggered demonstrations through the country. According to a law in force in the country since 1983, women, Iranian and foreign and whatever their religion, must take out their veiled head and the body covered with a more or less long clothing.
Mahsa Amini, 22 years old, was arrested on September 13 in Tehran for “inappropriate clothes” by the customs police, responsible for enforcing the strict dress code of the Islamic Republic. She died three days later in the hospital.
The union of the people of Islamic Iran, formed by the relatives of the former reformer-president, Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005), said “demand” from the authorities they “prepare the legal elements opening The way to the cancellation of the compulsory hijab law “, according to a press release published on Saturday. 2> more than seven hundred arrests
This training, which is not in power, also claims that the Islamic Republic announces “officially the end of the activities of the moral police” and “authorizes peaceful demonstrations”, adds the text. The party also called for the formation of a “impartial” commission of inquiry on the death of Mahsa Amini and the “immediate liberation of people recently arrested”.
The death of the young woman sparked night demonstrations in the main cities of Iran during which at least thirty-five people were killed, according to an official assessment. Several hundred demonstrators have also been arrested.
In the province of Guilan (North) alone, “739 rioters among whom sixty women” were arrested, announced the police chief, according to the Tasnim news agency, speaking of protesters.
Furthermore, several hundred Iranians living in France gathered on Saturday in Paris to protest against the repression by the power in Iran of demonstrations. Demonstrations of solidarity with challenge in Iran have also been held elsewhere in Europe, notably in Stockholm and Athens.