Iran president says death in custody of Mahsa Amini must be investigated

Ebrahim Raisi says he has contacted Kurdish woman's family but laments western double standards on human rights

The death in custody in Iran of a Kurdish woman that has sparked widespread protests must be steadfastly" investigated, Iran's president has said, even as he lamented what he claimed were western double standards" on human rights.

Ebrahim Raisi told a news conference on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York that the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran's morality police must certainly be investigated".