A protester holds a placard as she takes part in a march on the second anniversary of a protest movement sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, 22, arrested for allegedly violating the dress code for women at Place de la Bastille, in Paris on Sept. 15, 2024. The women-led protests that broke out after Amini’s death on Sept. 16, 2022, challenged not only the rule of the obligatory headscarf that has been a key pillar of the regime but also the very existence of the clerical-based system, rattling Iran’s leadership over autumn and winter 2022-2023.
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