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Unrest across Iran continues under state's extreme gender apartheid

  • Written by Haidar Khezri, Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida
imageIn this Sept. 21, 2022, photo, Iranian demonstrators gather along a street in Tehran. AFP via Getty Images

Unrest continues to erupt across Iran following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, who died after being arrested and reportedly beaten by Iran’s morality police.

The Iranian force took Mahsa (Zhina) Amini into detention...

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