mahsa amini ( – "mahsâ amini"; 23 september 1999 in saqqez – 16 september 2022 in tehran) was an kurdish iranian woman who was arrested by the iranian government's guidance patrol for not wearing a "hijab" correctly in public. she was arrested for "islamic guidance" by iran's police. after two hours, she was taken to hospital. according to the government, she suffered both a stroke and heart attack and later went to a coma. eyewitnesses and women who were detained with her said amini was severely beaten. this fact and her leaked medical scans led independent observers to diagnose cerebral hemorrhage and stroke. because of scars and other marks on her body, many people said that she had been tortured.