Sep. 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Iranian Police has described this Monday as “an unfortunate incident” the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman arrested last week in Tehran by the “morality police” and died after alleged assaults in prison.
“It is an unfortunate incident and we hope that it will not be repeated,” said the commander of the Police in Greater Tehran, Sardar Hosein Rahimi, who has conveyed his condolences to Amini’s family, according to the Iranian news agency FARS.
Thus, he stressed that the ‘morality police’ “carries out a positive job” and regretted that “dishonest accusations have been made against the Police” after Amini’s death, which has triggered protests against the authorities at various points from the country.
Rahimi has stressed that the woman was arrested for her clothing, although she has clarified that “there were no disputes or resistance during her transfer.” “According to other people, she made jokes inside the (police) van,” he pointed out at a press conference.
In this sense, he has emphasized that “there was no negligence on the part of the Police, not even a small slip”. “The statements published in cyberspace about the cause of death are lies,” she said, before asking the population “not to pay attention to rumours.”
“Official and scientific procedures take time. Procedures must be followed. I emphasize again that there was no negligence on the part of the Police,” he pointed out, while stressing that the authorities published the recordings of the security cameras days ago .
Iranian police said on Friday when publishing the recordings that the woman suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital, denying that she was assaulted by officers after her arrest. The president, Ebrahim Raisi, has called for a thorough investigation.
Amini was buried on Saturday in her hometown, Aychi, in the Saghez region, in Iranian Kurdistan, and the act became a protest demonstration that was dissolved by the Police using tear gas.
As part of the protests in recent days, several women have shared videos and photos on the Internet cutting their hair as a gesture of solidarity, according to the German news agency DPA. Among them is the actress Anahita Hemati, who has posted a video on her Instagram account.
The woman was arrested in Tehran when she was with her brother for wearing the hijab “improperly”. 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.
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