First published OCT 5, 2022 Updated 44 minutes ago Podcast: The Detail Can this surge of women-led protests bring an end to 40 years of oppression? The protests happening right now in Iran are the biggest the country has seen in years. And they're being led by women - publicly cutting their own hair and burning their hijabs. Thousands are taking to the streets in mass demonstrations against Iran's oppressive regime, following the death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini in police custody in September.  Amini was detained by the so-called "morality police" after being caught in public wearing her veil incorrectly - a wilful decision by Amini to show her hair in defiance of the conservative standards for women's dress enforced in Iran.

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