It has been a few days since the unrest in Iran began following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. The mainstream media is flooded with claims that Mahsa was beaten to death by the police and as a result, the Iranian women are protesting against the dress code law of the country and burning their headscarves. 

Without awaiting any investigation presenting evidence for the cause of her death, which took place shortly after she was arrested by the authorities for not complying with the state’s defined dress code, Western media outlets were quick to blow the trumpet of hysteria. These included claims that, “women are waving their headscarves in the air and lighting them on fire as crowds chanted “women, life, freedom,” “death to the dictator,” and “Iran’s demonstrations quickly began to call for regime change”.