RARE Persian visions: contemporary photography from Iran Women Iran 2005

RARE Persian visions: contemporary photography from Iran Bibliographic Details Author / Creator: Severi, Hamid. Imprint: Washington, DC : International Arts & Artists, 2005. Renewed interest in Iran: On 16 September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini, died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran under suspicious circumstances. The Guidance Patrol, the religious morality police of Iran's government, arrested Amini for not wearing the hijab in accordance with government standards. Her death has sparked an outpouring anger over issues ranging from freedoms in the Islamic Republic.