Since the death of a young Kurdish woman arrested by the morality police for having worn the veil in an “inappropriate” way, the protest has not weakened.
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Iranian authorities have arrested 739 people, including 60 women, in the north of the country, the official agency reported on Saturday (September 24th). Tasnim, citing the local police chief. They are accused of taking part in protests sparked more than a week ago after the death of a young woman Kurdish arrested by the morality police.
Mahsa Amini, aged 22, was arrested on September 13 in Tehran for “wearing inappropriate clothing”. The young woman died three days later in hospital and her death sparked nightly protests in major cities across Iran, including the Iranian capital.
The balance sheet of this protest is at least 35 dead on the side of the demonstrators. But the latter risks being much heavier, the opposition NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR), based in Oslo, reporting on Friday at least 50 dead in the repression by the Islamic Republic.