Cultural Practices

Iran's uprising was caused by the death of Mehsa Amini, a 21-year-old Kurdish girl who suffered a skull fracture and brain death after being arrested by the guidance patrol and moral security police in Tehran for wearing a voluntary hijab. The first protest gatherings of this uprising took place on September 17, 2022, in front of the hospital where Mehsa Amini died in Tehran, and in the following days, it spread to all 31 provinces of Iran. Iranians living abroad also held protest rallies in more than 150 cities around the world. Following the suppression of these protests by the government according to contradictory statistics, about 500 people were killed and more than 22,000 people were arrested, including Iranian political and social activists, students, artists and athletes. This protest uprising among desire for freedom fighters turned into a "movement with the slogan of women, life, freedom".