Mahsa Amini, who according to some media outlets is from Kurdistan, was visiting Tehran with her family when she was arrested by state security guards who ensured that the strict dress code for women was adhered to.

The dress code meant that all women, regardless of nationality and religion, covered their hair and neck. It was introduced shortly after the Iranian revolution in 1979.

– Unhealthy and upset

Storting’s president, Iran-born Masud Gharahkhani, was among those who reacted. On Facebook, he posted a photo of the young woman, with the following text:

– This is Mahsa Amini in Iran. He was 22 years old, fell into a coma and died today. Why? She was arrested by the moral police on the streets of Tehran because the ayatollah regime decides how women should dress. I’m sick and upset. Hope the Iranian people will one day be freed from these extremists. Rest in peace Mahsa, he wrote, followed by heart.

Police in Tehran confirmed on Thursday that Mahsa Amini was arrested along with several other women for violating the rules. The incident occurred on Tuesday.

– He suddenly had a heart problem while he was being counseled with someone else, and he was immediately taken to the hospital, the police said.

– Beaten

However, eyewitnesses said that Amini was beaten while she was sitting in the police car, writes BBC.

The 22-year-old’s family also, in a statement, said that Amini was a healthy young girl, with no health problems that could explain her sudden heart problem.

Praise attack: – Good feeling

According to the BBC, they were notified of the arrest hours later, and the family said he was in a coma before he died.

Earlier in the day, President Ebrahim Raisi ordered the interior minister to open an investigation into the case.

At the same time, politicians are advocating raising the issue in Iran’s National Assembly, while the court says they should form a committee to investigate the matter.

Recently, the behavior of the moral police has received increasing criticism, both inside and outside Iran. In July, a woman was filmed standing in front of a police car and asking for her daughter’s release. The woman held on to the car as it drove, until she was thrown onto the side of the road.