New Iran protests over woman's death after 'morality police' arrest
Fresh protests broke out in Iran over the death of a young woman who had been arrested by the "morality police" that enforces a strict dress code, local media reported.
Public anger has grown since authorities on Friday announced the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, in a hospital after three days in a coma, following her arrest by Tehran's morality police during a visit to the capital.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raeisi says he has ordered a thorough probe into the case of a young woman who collapsed at a police station last and died three days later after she was transferred to a hospital in the Iranian capital.
Police have insisted there was "no physical contact" between officers and the victim.
Tehran police chief General Hossein Rahimi said the woman had violated the dress code, and that his colleagues had asked her relatives to bring her "decent clothes".
He again rejected "unjust accusations against the police" and said "the evidence shows that there was no negligence or inappropriate behaviour on the part of the police".
Students rallied at Tehran and Shahid Beheshti universities, demanding "clarification" on how Amini died.
Amini's death has reignited calls to rein in morality police actions against women suspected of violating the dress code, in effect since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Filmmakers, artists, athletes and political and religious figures have taken to social media to express their anger.
