What's changed in Iran one year after Mahsa Amini's death

Bangkok Post Group

Iran's rulers have intensified a clampdown on dissent nearly one year since the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini sparked protests that spiraled into some of the worst political turmoil since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. - REUTERS

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00:00 September 16th marks one year since the death of 22-year-old

00:04 Masa Amini in Iran.

00:06 Her death sparked protests across the country,

00:09 spiraling into some of the worst political turmoil

00:12 since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

00:15 Here's a look at the protests and what's changed since.

00:18 Protests began soon after the September 16th death

00:25 of Kurdish Iranian Masa Amini.

00:27 She had been arrested by morality police in Tehran

00:30 three days earlier for allegedly violating

00:33 Iran's mandatory Islamic dress code

00:36 and died in their custody.

00:38 News of her death circulated on social media,

00:41 sparking protests at her funeral and then across the country

00:45 with demonstrators chanting "woman, life, freedom."

00:49 The protesters targeted symbols of the Islamic Republic,

00:55 burning pictures of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

01:00 and chanting "death to the dictator."

01:02 Women and girls took off and burned their headscarves,

01:06 revolting against laws obliging women to cover their hair

01:09 and wear loose-fitting clothes.

01:11 Security forces restricted access to messaging apps

01:18 and confronted the protesters using tear gas, clubs,

01:21 and in some cases, live ammunition.

01:24 Rights groups said over 500 people, including 71 minors,

01:29 were killed, hundreds wounded, and thousands arrested.

01:33 Iran carried out seven executions linked to the unrest.

01:37 Authorities have said dozens of security forces were killed.

01:40 Although morality police largely vanished from the streets

01:47 after Amini's death, they returned when the protests fizzled out.

01:51 Surveillance cameras were also installed to identify

01:54 and penalize unveiled women.

01:56 Activists have also accused authorities of a campaign

01:59 to intimidate and instill fear by arresting, summoning for

02:03 questioning, threatening, or firing people connected

02:06 to the protests.

02:08 Many Iranians say the number of unveiled women continues

02:11 to grow, and that has parliament considering longer prison terms

02:15 and harsher penalties.

02:17 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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