At a press conference, Ismail Zarei Koosha spoke about “conspiracy fomented by the enemy”claiming that one of the victims was killed by a type of weapon not used by Iranian security forces.
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The climate is tense in Iran. Three people were killed during demonstrations in Iranian Kurdistan, the governor of the province announced on Tuesday September 20, Ismail Zarei Koosha, quoted by the Fars agency. They were protesting against the death of a young woman after her arrest by the morality police.
At a press conference, Ismail Zarei Koosha spoke of three deaths “suspicious” in different localities of the province and “conspiracy fomented by the enemy”claiming that one of the victims was killed by a type of weapon not used by Iranian security forces, according to Fars.
Demonstrations erupted in Tehran and Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday after the death of Mahsa Amini was announced on Friday. The 22-year-old Iranian had fallen into a coma after being arrested by the police unit responsible for enforcing the Islamic Republic’s dress code for women, including the wearing of headscarves in public.