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Iranians have called for the abolition of the so-called morality police after a 22-year-old woman was killed in police custody when she was arrested for not wearing ‘proper hijab’. Mahsa Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital city of Tehran when she was detained on Tuesday by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran’s strict dress code for women, which includes the compulsory wearing of the headscarf in public. She was taken to Vozara Street Detention Centre to take lessons in “modesty” and was to be released an hour later. Iran has tough laws on women covering …