The protests began on September 16, the date of the death of Mahsa Amini arrested three days earlier in Tehran for “inappropriate wearing of clothing”.
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Iranian authorities have arrested more than 1,200 people, most of them in northern Iran, since the start of the protest movement against the death of a young woman ten days ago, AFP learned on Monday (September 26th). . According to a non-detailed official report, including demonstrators and police, 41 people were killed in ten days of protests.
“During the unrest of recent days, 450 rioters were arrested in Mazandaran (north)”, said Monday the attorney general of the province, Mohammad Karimi, quoted by the official agency Irna. On Saturday, the authorities reported 739 demonstrators arrested, including 60 women in Guilan, neighboring province of Mazandaran, in the north of the country. Quoting a local official, the Fars news agency announced on Sunday the arrest of 88 protesters in the southern province of Hormozgan. According to the same source, the authorities made other arrests in the cities of Zanjan (northwest), Karaj (west of Tehran) and Kerman (southeast).
The protests began on September 16, the date of the death of Mahsa Amini arrested three days earlier in Tehran for “inappropriate wearing of clothes” in the Islamic Republic where the dress code for women is strict, in particular the wearing of the Islamic veil. The protest movement has spread to several cities in the country, where demonstrators have shouted anti-government slogans, according to local media.