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Iranian Women Burn Their Hijabs as Protests Spread
(CNN) Jessie Yeung - Outrage over the death of a woman in morality police custody in Iran, where women are required to wear hijabs (or headscarves) in public, has fueled protests across the country. Human rights groups have reported that at least seven people have been killed. The protests are striking for their scale, ferocity and rare feminist nature; the last demonstrations of this size were three years ago, after the government hiked gas prices in 2019. Thousands took to the streets Tuesday night, with videos of protests emerging from dozens of towns and cities.