The EU describes as “unacceptable” the death of the young Kurdish Mahsa Amini after being arrested for wearing the veil wrong

Sep. 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The European Union has described as “unacceptable” the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, who died shortly after being arrested by the Moral Police in Tehran for not wearing the hijab or Islamic veil properly.

“What happened to him is unacceptable and the perpetrators of this murder must be held accountable,” EU foreign spokesman Peter Stano said in a statement, before a death that has sparked protests across the country.

For this reason, he has pointed out that “it is imperative” that the Iranian authorities “respect the fundamental rights of their citizens”, at the same time that he has stressed that it must also be ensured that “those who are under any form of detention are not subject to any kind of abuse.”

Amini was arrested in Tehran when she was with her brother for “improperly” wearing the hijab. The intervention is attributed to agents of the Orientation Patrol or Moral Police, in charge of ensuring that dress standards are respected, which usually results in the arrest of women, although some men have also been arrested.

The young woman was transferred to a hospital already in a coma the day of her arrest after “suffering a heart attack”, according to the police version, and finally died on Friday due to the severity of her injuries.

Protesters and security forces have staged a new day of riots on Monday, the third in a row, both in the capital, Tehran, and in the city of Divandarré, in Iranian Kurdistan, where at least eight people have been injured.