Outrage in Iran after the death of a young woman for wearing a veil in the morality police.

Protests continued in Iran on Sunday, with the hashtag #mahsamini becoming one of the most popular hashtags on Twitter in Persian, as Iranians continue to express their outrage over the death of a young girl when she was arrested by the Moral Police. Out runs. Strict rules for wearing a headscarf.

Amin, 22, died on Friday after slipping into a coma following her arrest in Tehran last week, highlighting women’s rights in Iran.

Police denied reports of the beating on social media, saying he fell ill while waiting with others at the Morali police station, where he was taken.

Videos posted online showed hundreds of protesters gathered around Tehran University on Sunday, chanting “women, life, freedom”.

Reuters was unable to verify the footage.

In recent months, there have been calls for women to remove their veils, despite the government’s tough campaign against “immoral behavior”.

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The Persian hashtag #mahsamini has already been shared 1.63 million times on Twitter.

Amin hails from Kurdistan, who witnessed protests on Saturday, some of them during his funeral in his hometown of Sakazi. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have long suppressed unrest among the Kurdish minority.

The Sakazi demonstrations were suppressed by the police. Videos posted online showed at least one man with a head wound. Reuters was unable to verify the authenticity of these clips.

Behzad Rahimi, a member of parliament for Saqazi, told Iran’s semi-official Labor News Agency that several people were injured during the funeral and “one of them was taken to Saqazi hospital after being shot in the stomach by a bird.” .

The Kurdish human rights organization Hankao says 33 people were injured in Sakazi. Reuters was unable to independently verify the number.