Iranian law requires women to wear a head scarf and loose-fitting modest clothing. Many women were furious for years about it and have been taking action, but recent protests have been most effective. The law enforcing Hijab, “had been at the center of conflicts over national identity, religious authority, and political power for decades.” The Iranian law for years reminded people of the Islamic Republic’s power.

Mohs Amina, a 22-year old, got arrested by Iran’s ‘morality police’ for not wearing a hijab, an Islamic head covering. Police claim she had a heart attack, fell on the floor, cracked her head, and went into a coma, but what the public saw was a different story. People say she got beat and her medical records were leaked. People said she died of severe trauma, cerebral hemorrhage, and stroke. This caused the women of Iran and other countries like the U.S., who support the women, to protest and spread awareness of what is happening in Iran. Women all over the world started protesting, chiefly in Iran. Women took off their hijabs and started waving/ throwing them in the air, burning them, and cutting their hair off, showing the government that they can’t keep them quiet, censor their opinions, or hinder their equality and freedom. More than 85 people died in 2 weeks. The morality police are getting paid to harass people, mostly targeting women on their apparel, confiscating the hair they cut off, targeting trans women, etc. The morality police are supposed to enforce the religious law of the Islamic Republic of Iran.