Contemporary · Middle East · Politics

2022

Mahsa Amini protests

September 16, 2022

A 22-year-old Iranian Kurd named Mahsa Amini died in the custody of Iran's morality police after being arrested for an improperly worn headscarf. Within days women across Iran were burning their hijabs in public squares and chanting Woman, Life, Freedom. The regime cracked down with bullets and executions, but the spell of compulsion had broken.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: March 23, 2021: Ever Given blocks the Suez
After: February 6, 2023: Turkey-Syria earthquake

Before and after in Politics

Before: February 1, 2021: Myanmar coup
After: January 8, 2023: Brasília's January 6

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Mahsa Amini protests