#MahsaAmini referred to a woman who died after arrest by which Iranian police unit?

#MahsaAmini referred to Mahsa Amini, who died after being arrested by Iran’s Guidance Patrol.

The Guidance Patrol, commonly described in English as Iran’s morality police, arrested Amini in Tehran on September 13, 2022, over an alleged violation of the country’s mandatory-hijab rules. She was taken to a detention and “re-education” facility, became unwell, and was transferred to a hospital. She died on September 16, 2022, at age 22.

Iranian authorities said Amini suffered a medical crisis, while eyewitnesses and her family disputed the official account and alleged that she had been beaten. Because the circumstances of her death remained fiercely contested, careful wording distinguishes the confirmed arrest and death from disputed claims about the immediate cause.

Her death triggered nationwide protests under the slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom.” Amini was Kurdish and is also widely known by her Kurdish name, Jina. The other options are related Iranian security institutions, but they were not the specific unit identified as making her arrest: the Guidance Patrol was the agency responsible for enforcing public dress regulations.