Hadis, Minoo and Ghazaleh: the women victims of Iran's crackdown

The protests in Iran have broken taboos in the country, but security forces have hit back with lethal force

Protesters in Nantes, France show support for Iranian women fighting taboos and restrictions against removing headscarves

"I am really hoping that in some years from now, after everything has changed, I will be happy to have been involved by taking part in this protest," Iranian woman Hadis Najafi, 22, said in a self-recorded video as she prepared to take to the streets.

Shortly after recording the message to her phone, Najafi was killed while participating in a street protest on September 21 in Karaj, outside Tehran.