Whereas Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab “improperly”, thereby violating Iran’s mandatory hijab law, this new protest campaign involves.

On September 29, in Kabul, Afghanistan, around 30 women in headscarves protested outside the Iranian embassy chanting, “Women, life, freedom”.

The teenager’s nose had been smashed and her skull broken from multiple hits by a heavy object, possibly a baton.

20-year-old Hadis Najafi was shot and killed by Iranian security forces as protests broke out over the death of Mahsa Amini.

It is the women’s outrage that is the driving force of Iran protests, it is their pent-up determination to create real change in the state.

According to Iran’s state media, at least 41 people, including police, have died since the protests began, but human rights groups say the real death toll is higher.

Protests in Iran over the hijab rule and the alleged death of a woman at hands of the morality police is seeing equal participation from men.

Unrest has spread across the country as women burned their headscarves to protest laws that force women to wear the hijab. Seven people are reported to have been killed.

According to Netblocks and residents, access to the social media platform Instagram was restricted and some mobile phone networks were shut down.

The acting UN rights director demanded the abolition of all discriminatory laws and practises that mandate the hijab and stated, “The authorities must stop targeting, harassing, and detaining women who do not abide by the mandatory hijab.”