An ongoing series of protests and civil unrest against the government
of Iran began in Tehran on 16 September 2022 as a reaction to the death
of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini (مهسا امینی), who had been arrested by the
Guidance Patrol for wearing an "improper" hijab — in violation of Iran's
mandatory hijab law. According to eyewitnesses, Amini had been severely
beaten by Guidance Patrol officers, an assertion denied by Iranian
authorities.
Both women and men are in the process of undermining the system’s logic,
according to which Muslim men are complicit in dominating women by
exerting control over their bodies.
