One month after Mahsa Amini’s arrest, Iran protest deaths top 100 On September 13, Mahsa Amini was arrested by Iran’s morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaching the country’s severe dress code for women. Days later, the 22-year-old Iranian woman died in custody, triggering mass protests and crackdowns that have claimed more than 100 lives, according to a human rights group. The discontent has spread, posing a serious challenge to the Islamic republic.