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Mahsa Amini protests in Iran
The death of Mahsa Amini after detention sparked nationwide protests led prominently by women and youth.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2022.
Why it matters
It challenged the Islamic Republic's social-control system and drew global solidarity.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
The death of Mahsa Amini after detention sparked nationwide protests led prominently by women and youth.
It challenged the Islamic Republic's social-control system and drew global solidarity.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2022-003
- Date or period
- 2022-09 onward
- Type
- Mass protest / repression
- Focus
- Political / human rights
- Impact scope
- Continental
- Priority
- 5 of 5
- Location label
- Tehran, Iran
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Iranian protesters; morality police; Iranian state
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 35.6892, 51.3890 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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This remains a starting-point record
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Mahsa Amini protests in Iran.” World Events record 2022-003. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2022/2022-003/