Anger in Iran

Protests in Iran over the death of a young woman detained by authorities who police how people dress have spilled into violence, underlining [View in browser]( [Bloomberg]( Follow Us [Get the newsletter]( Protests in Iran over the death of a young woman detained by authorities who police how people dress have spilled into violence, underlining tensions at home as President Ebrahim Raisi prepares to speak at the United Nations. Mahsa Amini fell into a coma while in custody after being hauled into a “morality police” van last week during a visit to Tehran with her family. The outpouring of anger over her death is one of the biggest challenges to the Islamic Republic’s strict dress codes for women in the four decades since they’ve been enforced. 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The US and Iran are deadlocked again over how to restore the deal that would lift sanctions on Tehran in exchange for caps on its atomic program. It’s a Gordian knot that some Western diplomats may try to tackle on the sidelines of this week’s UN General Assembly. It’s against this messy backdrop that Raisi makes his first personal appearance at the General Assembly. He lacks the oratory, experience or bravado of his predecessors Hassan Rouhani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (who emptied the hall in 2011 with a diatribe against NATO, Israel and the West). Raisi is unlikely to return to Tehran with any sort of breakthrough on the nuclear deal. He may find his time taken up with questions about Amini’s death and the strict laws he has championed throughout his career. — [Golnar Motevalli]( Protesters at Allameh Tabataba'i University on Monday following Amini’s death. Source: AFP/Getty Images Click [here]( to subscribe to our weekly newsletter Next Africa and share this newsletter with others. 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