A 22-year-old Iranian woman died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police earlier this week, Iran’s semi-official Etemad Online website reported, citing her uncle.   

  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered an investigation into the circumstances of her death, Iran’s state news agency ISNA reported on Friday.   

  On Tuesday afternoon, Mahsa Amini and her family, who had traveled from Iran’s Kurdistan region to visit relatives in the capital, Tehran, were stopped by a patrol of the morality police – a special unit that enforces strict dress codes for women. women, such as wearing a compulsory headscarf.   

  According to IranWire, human rights activists who spoke to the family say police grabbed Amini and forced her into a police vehicle.   

  Her brother, Kiarash, tried to intervene and was told that his sister was being taken to the police station for an hour of “retraining”, IranWire reported.   

  Kiarash said he never saw his sister awake again.   

  While he waited outside the police station to be released, an ambulance picked up and discreetly took his sister to the hospital.   

  In an interview with IranWire, Kiarash said he was told he had suffered a heart attack or stroke while at the police station and was in a coma.   

  On Thursday, Tehran police said Amini suffered a “heart attack” after her arrest on Tuesday.   

  “The woman was sent to Greater Tehran Police Station for guidance and training when suddenly, in the presence of other people, she suffered a heart attack,” police said.   

  Amini’s family disputed the police version of events, saying she was a normal, healthy 22-year-old with no pre-existing heart conditions.   

  “There were only two hours between her arrest and her transfer to the hospital,” Kiarash told IranWire.   

  A video released by Iranian state television purported to show Amini entering an “educational” center where she would receive “guidance” on proper Islamic dress, state media reported.   

  The edited video shows CCTV footage of a woman sitting down and then standing up to speak to an “expert” who touches her clothes, before collapsing to the ground.   

  The video below shows five men carrying her on a stretcher, apparently unconscious.  An ambulance then appears in another frame.   

  There is an edit to the video at 19 seconds, after which the woman is seen standing up and talking.  Before the cut, it appears to be daylight outside.  After cutting, it looks dark.   

  “Ma’am. Amini looks unwell and falls to the floor,” says the state media reporter.   

  It remains unknown what happened to Amini after her arrest and before she showed up at the re-education center.  CNN is unable to verify that the woman in the video is Amini.   

  Jake Sullivan, US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, said in a tweet on Friday that the White House was deeply concerned about Amini’s death.   

  Amini, “was allegedly beaten in custody by Iran’s morality police.  Her death is unforgivable.  We will continue to hold Iranian officials accountable for such human rights abuses,” Sullivan tweeted.