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The protests began on September 16 following the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, a Kurdish girl, who was arrested by the hijab police (known as “morality police” by ...

I walk alone in the dark, on the streets of Dunedin listening to the news of my motherland and I feel the fire that is erupting from my eyes. The media reports that Siavash Mahmoudi, a 16-year-old boy, was killed by a headshot on the streets of Tehran. A promise that was, of course, never fulfilled and turned the hijab into an ideological tool in the hands of the government to control and discipline half of the population. I don’t have the heart to watch the My friend Mitra was one of the organisers of the demonstration held at the University of Otago campus. The videos of demonstrators in Iran show many women participating in the protests without headscarves. When will the New Zealand government and the Prime Minister break their silence and condemn the Iranian government? One of the main slogans of the demonstrators in Iran and across the world is "Women, Life, Freedom". Dunedin late at night is pretty quiet and the silence of the night has engulfed the people of the streets. She was crying and shaking when she got home after hours of being placed in detention by the hijab police. The message is delivered and she replies: she’s in Toronto. Less than a month after the revolutionaries declared victory on February 11, 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini announced the mandatory wearing of hijab in official and government centers.