Days of Fury in Iran, Protests Spread to Schools and Universities

Iranian women have been the catalyst for the largest uprising in the Islamic Republic in years.

The protests were ignited after Iran’s morality police arrested and jailed Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, for not wearing her hijab, or headscarf, properly. She then died in custody, sparking a major wave of protests across the country led mainly by women who expressed their disdain and rejection of Iran’s archaic and extremist laws.