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Iran Protests Over Amini, Headscarves Enter 4th Week

Protesters Hack Iran State TV Over Amini, Headscarves

  • Demonstrations broke out across Iran on Saturday over what is being condemned as the government’s over-restrictive religious dress codes, which appears to have led the recent death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini,
  • Amini, a Kurdish woman, died last month in a hospital after Iranian police detained her for allegedly violating strict Islamic dress codes for women.
  • Her death has sparked protests now four four weeks, and are being called the sustained in years against the Iranian government.
  • Two people were reportedly killed Saturday in protests.
  • Also on Saturday, protesters reportedly hacked into the evening news on Iran’s state TV for 15 seconds, as video of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was being broadcast.
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