Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department marked the third anniversary of the death of Mahsa Zhina Amini, a young Iranian woman who was arrested by Iran's morality police for wearing a hijab improperly, by calling for "maximum pressure" against executions and beatings. The State Department called out the Islamic Republic of Iran in a statement Monday that said the "United States stands with the people of Iran in their calls for dignity and a better life," as well as their right to peacefully

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