in an act of public defiance. A wave of videos has been posted online of women cutting their hair in solidarity.
to several cellular networks and blocked access to a number of Western apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp.sanctions on leaders of military and police forces in Iran."Mahsa Amini was a courageous woman whose death in Morality Police custody was yet another act of brutality by the Iranian regime's security forces against its own people," Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen wrote in the statement.
, in response to reports that the morality police beat Amini with a baton."Miss Amini's tragic death and allegations of torture and ill-treatment must be promptly, impartially and effectively investigated by an independent competent authority, that ensures, in particular, that her family has access to justice and the truth," the statement read.that he was not allowed to see his daughter's body, which had been wrapped for burial, leaving only her feet and face visible.