Nadene Goldfoot
- Mahsa Amini (Jina Amini): A 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman arrested by the "morality police" in Tehran in September 16, 2022 for allegedly violating the dress code. She died three days after collapsing while in custody, an event eyewitnesses claimed followed a severe beating. Her death sparked the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests, and a UN mission later found Iran responsible for the "physical violence" that caused her death. However, eyewitnesses, including women who were detained with Amini, reported that she was severely beaten and that she died as a result of police brutality, which was denied by the Iranian authorities. The assertions of police brutality, in addition to leaked medical scans, led some observers to believe Amini had a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke due to head injuries received after her arrest.
- Amini's death ignited the global Woman, Life, Freedom movement, rooted in her Kurdish background, which demands the end of compulsory hijab laws and other forms of discrimination and oppression against women in Iran. During the ensuing events some female demonstrators removed their hijab or publicly cut their hair as acts of protest.picture taken of Armita as a little girlThe next year, a typical 16 year old teenager from any country was Armita.
- Armita Geravand: A 16-year-old Iranian teenager who collapsed and fell into a coma in October 2023 after entering a Tehran train without a head covering. While human rights groups alleged she was assaulted by officers enforcing dress codes, Iranian state media attributed her collapse to low blood pressure. She died later that month.
- The circumstances of Geravand's case closely resemble those of Mahsa
- Amini's death last year while she was in the custody of morality police.
- In both instances, the regime denied any wrongdoing but pressured
- the families to refrain from speaking to the media.
- The regime's explanation of what caused the death of this teenage girl
- has been questioned on social media. Many emphasize that she was
- "killed" by hijab enforcers, much like Mahsa Amini's case, when the
- government tried to offer an explanation that she had pre-existing
- health issues, but the public did not believe it.
Both incidents drew international attention to Iran's mandatory hijab laws and human rights concerns.
The Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was ousted and fled Iran on January 16, 1979, as the Iranian Revolution gained momentum, with Ayatollah Khomeini returning to power shortly after and establishing the Islamic Republic by February 1979. Mahsa was born in 2000, 21 years into Khomeini governing. 
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei succeeded Ayatollah Khomeini as Iran's Supreme Leader in 1989, with Mahsa being 10 years old now, immediately after Khomeini's death on June 3, becoming Iran's second Supreme Leader and holding the position ever since. Khamenei was elected by the Assembly of Experts and assumed power, solidifying his role as the ultimate authority in Iran's religious and political system. Mahsa didn't have a chance.
With another Revolution in the making, the son of the Shah Pahlavi has taken the reins and is leading it, which is what was needed; a leader. Hope and prayers now couldn't hurt it. Ayatollas are too much!!! I don'tthink the Ayatollah considered the people would revolt like they have.
They have run out of water on top of things hateful, and are desperate.
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is reportedly in Tehran but has contingency plans to flee to Russia (Moscow) if ongoing widespread protests and unrest overwhelm his security forces, with recent reports suggesting he is preparing for potential relocation amidst intense anti-regime demonstrations and escalations in regional conflicts. While in seclusion, he has issued prerecorded messages, and sources indicate he and his inner circle, including his son Mojtaba, might move to Russia as a "Plan B". Let's hope that they are not consideringshooting any international ballistic missiles at the USA and Israel
They might think of doing that as their "Swan Song".
Resource:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Mahsa_Amini#:~:text=On%2016%20September%202022%2C%2022,Saqqez%2C%20Kurdistan%20Province%2C%20Iran
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