Iranian officials detained a young woman after she was seen having breakfast at a restaurant sans a headscarf.
The photo, which depicts Donya Rad having breakfast with a companion at a Tehran café without wearing a headscarf, quickly gained popularity on social media.
The two were protesting the recent murder of Mahsa Amini, who was died while in the morality police’s care in Iran after being detained for wearing a hijab improperly.
Ms. Amini passed away at the age of 22 three days after being detained by the “morality police,” who were in charge of enforcing the rigid Islamic clothing code.
Despite reports from specialists that she was badly battered, the police declared she died of a heart attack and did not receive any cruel treatment.
Numerous prominent figures have condemned her killing, including the Iranian national football team, who played against Senegal while wearing their black tracksuits during the anthems. Her tragedy has already caused significant demonstrations throughout Iran.
The morality police were alerted after Donya’s picture went viral and they called her in to account for what she had done.
Donya was detained by police when she came to provide an explanation.
Other than a quick contact to let them know she was going to Evin Prison’s Ward 209—famously known as the facility where Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was held—her family hasn’t heard from her since.
Dina Rad, Donya Rad’s sister, reported that they were accosted by police before her sister was taken into custody.
The security authorities called my sister, Donya Rad, and asked her to offer an explanation yesterday following the publication of the aforementioned picture, the woman said.
She was detained today after consenting to be questioned. He was detained and sent to Ward 209 of Evin Prison, she informed me in a brief phone after many hours of no communication from her. Her safety and health are major concerns for our family.
“Our family is terribly worried about her health,” they said.
Donya Rad’s detention serves as a reminder of the uneasiness Iranian authorities are feeling about the turmoil in the nation as rallies over Ms. Amini’s murder turned into anti-regime demonstrations.
At least 83 people, including children, have died in the two weeks after the killing of Ms. Amini and the demonstrations that followed.
Nilufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, the female journalists who assisted in bringing Ms Amini’s case to light, were among the at least 29 journalists who, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, have been detained.
Amnesty International, a London-based organization, highlighted the brutality that Iranian demonstrators are subjected to by pointing out the country’s “widespread patterns of illegal use of force and vicious violence by security personnel.”
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