“Today is the last day of the riots,“CNNreports Salami told protesters.

Amini was only 22 when she was arrested for wearing her hijab improperly,The Guardianexplains.

She died three days later.

women holding protest banner reading “woman life freedom”

Universities have long been a battleground for women’s rights and the pro-democracy movement in Iran.

She told The Post that Gen Z is “rejecting the Islamic republic as a failed experiment.”

The Kurdish roots of Woman.

women holding protest signs that read “woman life freedom” in multiple languages

is as popular of a protest slogan on social media as it is on the streets.

On October 26, Mahsa Amini’s picture and the phrase “Woman.

The chant gained mainstream popularity in Turkey in 2009 during the country’sInternational Women’s Daymarch, per NPR.

woman holding protest sign reading “for women, for life, for freedom”

Protesting against the status quo is a fundamental aspect of this generation’s DNA.

“Generation Z sees itself in a dystopian atmosphere,” sociologist Maghsoud Farastkhah toldDonyaye Eqtesad.

protestors holding up signs and cut hair, protesting the death of mahsa amini