Protests entered their 5th day in Iran as anger over the death of a woman detained by the morality police continues to rise. 8 people have reportedly died in the protests till now. Authorities have restricted access to the internet in Iran.
Protests entered their 5th day in Iran as anger over the death of a woman detained by the morality police continues to rise. 8 people have reportedly died in the protests till now. Authorities have restricted access to the internet in Iran.
Anti-hijab protests spread in Iran, death toll rises as internet curbed
WHAT?
Protests entered their 5th day in Iran as anger over the death of a woman detained by the morality police continues to rise. 8 people have reportedly died in the protests till now. Authorities have restricted access to the internet in Iran.
WHO?
Iranian media and a local prosecutor said four people were killed in the last two days, bringing the total death toll according to official sources to eight, including a member of the police and a pro-government militia member.
WHY?
The demonstrations erupted over the death in detention last week of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan who was arrested in Tehran for "unsuitable attire".
WHERE?
The protests, which were concentrated in Iran's Kurdish-populated northwestern regions but have spread to at least 50 cities and towns nationwide, are the largest since a wave of demonstrations in 2019 over gasoline price rises.
Reports from Kurdish rights group Hengaw, which Reuters could not verify, said 10 protesters had been killed. Three died on Wednesday, adding to the seven people the group said had been killed by security forces.
Officials have denied that security forces have killed protesters, suggesting they may have been shot by armed dissidents.