Mahsa Amini's Death Is a 'Tipping Point', Says US-Based Iranian Journalist

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Alinejad started a social media campaign in 2014 encouraging women in Iran to share self-portraits without the veil, which she then shares on her Facebook page, "My Stealthy Freedom."
39% : Masih Alinejad, a US-based Iranian journalist and women's rights activist, said the protests erupting in dozens of cities over the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody is a "tipping point" for Iran.
33% : Tehran has accused the United States and some European countries of using the unrest to try to destabilize the country.
32% : Amini's death has drawn widespread international condemnation while Iran has blamed "thugs" linked to "foreign enemies" for the unrest.
30% : " Amini, 22, from the northwestern Kurdish city of Saqez, was arrested on Sept. 13 in Tehran for "unsuitable attire" by the morality police who enforce the country's strict dress code.

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