Iranian women burn their hijabs as hundreds protest the death of Mahsa Amini
It was a powerful act of defiance Tuesday night in the city of Kerman, Iran, where women are required to wear hijabs in public -- and just one of the many protests taking place across the country following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in police custody last week.A woman in Tehran cuts off her ponytail before a cheering crowd of protesters on Tuesday.
"At least five protesters were fatally shot during demonstrations in the Kurdish region over the past few days, according to the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, a Norwegian-registered organization monitoring rights violations in Iran. It said another 75 were injured in other cities over the weekend.The protests erupted after the death of Amini, who was stopped and detained by Iran's morality police last Tuesday.