Mahsa Amini: How one woman’s death has given rise to protests in Iran

As we talk in the shadow of the mountains, he uses her Kurdish given name - Zhina - the one her friends and family called her every day. Mahsa is her official Iranian name, which her parents were forced to use on documentation because certain Kurdish names are banned in Iran. "Zhina was a normal person, she was not political," Erfan insists.