At least eight people have been killed in the crackdown on growing protests in Iran after the death of a young woman arrested by vice police, according to a new report on Wednesday.
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At least eight people have been killed in the crackdown on growing protests in Iran after the death of a young woman arrested by vice police, according to a new report Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
These nocturnal demonstrations have spread in the Islamic Republic since the announcement of the death of Mahsa Amini on Friday, to the holy city of Qom, birthplace of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who spoke at an event on Wednesday in Tehran without mentioning protests in the country.
They took place in the streets of fifteen Iranian cities located in the north-west and south of the country as well as in the capital. Angry demonstrators blocked traffic there, set fire to garbage cans and police vehicles, threw stones at the security forces and chanted anti-government slogans, according to the official Irna news agency.