There is growing concern from the international community as to the safety and rights to a fair trial of those incarcerated as the Iranian regime has already publicly executed three protesters after closed, biased hearings. The unlawfulness of the trials has been stressed by human rights groups due to a lack of legal counsel and the overwhelming prevalence of torture and coerced confessions.

One thing is never one thing. While this article is largely about Women’s Body Autonomy (or lack thereof) and how women are viewed through the lens of their clothing, at its core, it is about Mahsa Amini’s death in Iranian police’s custody for not wearing her hijab properly and the current state of Iran in the wake of the protests that followed.