Iran President's Wife Rejects UN Findings on Protester Deaths Following Mahsa Amini's Tragic Demise

The wife of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Jamileh Alamolhoda, denied the UN's findings that protesters were killed during the turmoil following the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini's family believes she was beaten in custody for not wearing her hijab properly. Alamolhoda defended Iran's requirement of headscarves for women in public and downplayed the crackdown on protests. She also disputed the UN's figures of 500 people killed by Iranian security forces and blamed the US for the uprising. Alamolhoda compared Iran's hijab laws to dress codes in other countries and stated that punishments for breaking the law are equally dispensed in many countries.