Women around the world are protesting against the Iranian government. The demonstrations began after Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman, died after she had been arrested by Iran’s morality police.
Amini was tortured and beaten to death because she refused to cover her hair with a headscarf.
In the past days, women all over the world, including many celebrities, have been cutting their hair as a sign of protest. Even a member of the European Parliament cut her hair during a speech she made.
Words
- arrest = to bring some to a police station because they have done something wrong
- celebrity = a famous person
- government = the people who rule a country
- headscarf = piece of cloth that women wear on the head
- morality police = part of the police that checks to see if you behave the way you should and follow the rules
- refuse = to say no
- sign = symbol
- torture = to beat someone so that they tell you something you want to know