Thousands of women in Iran have taken to the streets, courageously removing their hijabs in solidarity with Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, who was arrested by the Iranian police and allegedly murdered for wearing her hijab in an “improper” way. Since then, hundreds of those women have been killed for protesting the government’s crackdown on More

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