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British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was jailed in Iran for six years, has filmed herself cutting her own hair in support of anti-government protests in Iran.<\/p>\n
As she snipped off sections of her hair, she names Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of Iran’s morality police has sparked a wave of demonstrations that has spread to more than 80 cities. The protests quickly evolved into the most serious challenge that Iran’s Shia Muslim clerical establishment has faced in years.<\/p>\n
Amini had been arrested for allegedly violating the strict law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or headscarf.<\/p>\n
Protesting women have been filmed burning their hijabs and cutting their hair, which activists have said is an ancient Persian symbol of protest. <\/p>\n
At the end of her message, Zaghari-Ratcliffe says: “For my mother, for my daughter, for the fear of solitary confinement, for the women of my country, for freedom.” <\/p>\n
Read more: <\/b>Iran protest death toll rises to 76 – rights group<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n