“Get Lost”: The Cry of Female Students to Iran’s President

On Saturday, during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to a university campus, female students from Tehran chanted “get lost” to the president amid demonstrations in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death. In an intervention at Alzahra University in Tehran, Raisi recited a poem in which he equated “troublemakers” with flies.” They imagine that they can achieve their evil goals in universities. They do not know that our students and teachers are alert and will not allow the enemy to achieve their evil goals,” he said. The case of Mahsa Amini
 
The death of 22-year-old Kurdish girl Mahsa Amini sparked demonstrations across the country, posing the biggest challenge to Iran’s clerical leaders in years. Amini was arrested in Tehran on 13 September for “inappropriate clothing”, and died three days later. A report by the country’s state coroner denied that the woman died from blows to the head and limbs while in police custody and linked her death to pre-existing medical conditions. To challenge clerical power, women have taken off their veils, while angry crowds called for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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