Mahsa Jina Amini wasn’t looking to become a martyr: She was an ordinary Iranian-Kurdish 22-year-old, stopped by Iran’s “morality police” for not properly wearing the mandatory veil known as the hijab.

Days later, on Sept. 16, 2022, she was dead in custody.

Her killing sparked the largest wave of protests in the Islamic Republic’s four-decade history.

People poured into the streets nationwide under the banner “Woman, Life, Freedom” — rebelling not against one law, but against a suffocating regime that had robbed them of choice, dignity and hope.

The regime reacted with brutal suppression, killing more than 500 protesters and detaining over 22,000.

Its message was unmistakable: Dissent will be met with bloodshed.

In the three years since, conditions in Iran have only worsened.

Hijab enforcement  is now achieved with artificial intelligence along with the state’s thugs.

Facial recognition cameras, surveillance apps and neighborhood vigilantes all police Iranian women’s clothing.

Meanwhile, decades of corruption, sanctions and mismanagement have gutted the economy, and rolling blackouts, parched farmland and........

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