Iran police fire tear gas as protests erupt at funeral of woman arrested by morality police
TEHARN: Iranian police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse a protest rally in the country’s west following the funeral ceremony for a young woman who died while in police custody in Tehran earlier this week, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
![Mahsa Amini died Sept. 16 after falling into a coma following her detention by Iran’s morality police enforcing Iran’s strict hijab rules. (Screenshot/Twitter) Mahsa Amini died Sept. 16 after falling into a coma following her detention by Iran’s morality police enforcing Iran’s strict hijab rules. (Screenshot/Twitter)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2022/09/17/3447091-1428831002.png)