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"It’s awakened something I don’t think will be quieted in a long, long time," the president said of demonstrations since Mahsa Amini's death.
Iran's "Woman! Life! Freedom!" protests continue despite crackdowns, but the movement's future is unclear.
Mahsa Amini died days after Iran's morality police detained her for not wearing her hijab properly, leading to demonstrations by civilians demanding justice.
The demonstrations sweeping Iran and the rest of the world are just the latest in a powerful resistance against the politicizing and policing of women’s bodies.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The U.N. human rights office called for an investigation into her death and condemned the country's “systemic persecution” of women.
Apparently there's nothing in the Constitution that specifically protects eating in peace, quipped one Twitter wag.
“As night fell and others began to join, the protests became no longer peaceful,” Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan said.
“I was there when a friend of mine had an illegal abortion,” one protester told HuffPost. “It was horrifying. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.”
People will be celebrating and supporting Black lives during this year’s Juneteenth holiday.
Colin Kaepernick is a step closer to returning to the football field after he participated in his first NFL team workout in five years.