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Anti-hijab protests that erupted in Iran after the custodial murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini are spreading around the world.

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Sarkar: Iran has erupted in visceral, seething wrath over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.

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Since 1979, Iran's authoritarian administration has denied women basic human and civil rights.

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The Iranian Constitution counts women as 50% of men,

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which is appallingly similar to how the South considered Black slaves as 3/5 of a person.

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Iran's discriminatory laws hurt women. Visibility makes the required Hijab Law a symbol of this subjugation.

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Iran's mandatory headscarf is increasingly unpopular.

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58% of Iranians don't believe in hijab, according to 2020. 72% oppose the mandatory hijab, while 15% insist on the law.

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