{"id":354,"date":"2023-09-25T08:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T08:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.businessupturn.com\/?p=354"},"modified":"2023-09-25T08:27:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T08:27:28","slug":"irans-first-lady-addresses-controversy-surrounding-mahsa-aminis-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/middle-east-asia\/iran\/irans-first-lady-addresses-controversy-surrounding-mahsa-aminis-death\/354\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s First Lady addresses controversy surrounding Mahsa Amini\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview, the wife of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Jamileh Alamolhoda, reiterated Iran\u2019s official stance that the tragic passing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last autumn was attributed to a preexisting medical condition. This assertion contradicts the vehement objections from Amini\u2019s family, who firmly believe that she was subjected to physical abuse while in custody, following her arrest by Iran\u2019s morality police for alleged improper hijab usage.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Martha Raddatz on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week,\u201d Alamolhoda defended Iran\u2019s policy mandating headscarves for women in public spaces. She also attempted to downplay the extent of the protests that erupted following Amini\u2019s death, emphasizing the significance of women and girls in society.<\/p>\n<p>Alamolhoda asserted that she maintained \u201cconstant contact\u201d with all the medical personnel involved in Mahsa Amini\u2019s case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent interview, the wife of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Jamileh Alamolhoda, reiterated Iran\u2019s official stance that the tragic\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":399,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}