She was brutally beaten and tortured while being held in custody, and when she was taken to a hospital, she passed away from what has been determined to be severe brain damage caused by the heavy blows to her head.

The killing of Mahsa Amini, 22, by the regime’s so-called “morality police,” under the outrageous pretext of “improper hijab,” has sparked protests in various Iranian cities.  After Mahsa Amini’s arrest and transfer to a police station, more people became incensed over her horrific killing, which resulted in protests escalating on Sunday in Tehran, Sanandaj, Mahabad, and Karaj.

She was brutally beaten and tortured while being held in custody, and when she was taken to a hospital, she passed away from what has been determined to be severe brain damage caused by the heavy blows to her head.

On Monday, September 19, protesters, particularly young people, took to the streets in Tehran, Mashhad, Rasht, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Neyshabur, Arak, Kermanshah, Khorramabad, and other cities, chanting “Death to Khamenei.”

On Keshavarz Boulevard, Vesal, Kargar, and Italia streets in Tehran, demonstrators clashed with the SSF special unit. “Shame on our disgraced leader,” and “Khamenei is a murderer, his rule is null and void,” were among the chants they used.

Demonstrators, including women, set fire to or overturned several cars of the ‘Guidance patrol’ (morality police) and special unit. Several protesters were taken into custody. Conflicts persisted into the night.

Protesters chanted “Fight and we will fight back,” “Mullahs must get lost,” and “I will kill whoever killed my sister” in Karaj, Mashhad, and Ahvaz.

Many universities, including Tehran University, Sharif University of Technology, Amir Kabir University, Allameh University, Tarbiyat Mo’alem, Tarbiyat Modarres, Melli, Arts, and Isfahan University, hosted protest marches on Monday morning.

“Iran is blood-soaked from Kurdistan to Tehran,” and “Women are oppressed from Kurdistan to Tehran” were among the slogans that students at Amir Kabir University (Polytechnic) chanted. The students resisted the paramilitary Basij agents’ attack by chanting, “Basiji, get lost,” as they were being attacked.

Mahsa’s brutal murder serves as a metaphor for 44 years of oppression and brutality, according to a statement from the protesting students. The murderers of Mahsa and all other victims from the previous four decades who have established their oppressive rule of murder will be brought to justice by the people.

Students at Tehran University shouted, “Basijis! Your hands are tainted with the blood of our youths”, “You are our killers”, “In the name of religion and law, they have legitimized our murder”, and “Poverty, corruption, and plunder! Down with this tyranny”.

“Kurdistan is the graveyard of fascists,” and “Freedom is our right, our power is in our being together,” were among the slogans chanted by Tarbiyat Mo’alem University students. Melli University students demonstrated, chanting, “Death to the dictator”, “Death to this regime with its crimes over all these years”, and “1,500 people killed in November (2019)”.

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