Protests over death of Mahsa Amini spread in Iran
The protests that began following the death of Mahsa Amini have spread in many cities of Iran. While death tolls in the protests due to attacks of security forces grow, life is stopped in Iran.
News Center - The protests that began after Mahsa Amini was killed by the morality police in Iran have spread to over 80 cities of Iran. According to local news websites, more than 10 people have been killed and hundreds of people have been injured as a result of police attacks on the protesters. Since the Iranian authorities have restricted access to the internet, no news is received in some parts of the country.
According to the Iranian state television, the death toll is 17; however, some claim that the number of killed people is higher.
Authorities have denied harming her
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told a news conference on the sidelines of the UN general assembly that the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police “must certainly be investigated” and that “acts of chaos” are not acceptable, in a warning to protesters who have taken to the streets across the country in fury over the death of a woman in the morality police's custody. The Iranian authorities have denied harming Mahsa Amini.
Protests have spread
Today is the sixth day of the protests that began after Mahsa Amini was killed by the morality police. The protesters have taken to the streets and chanted slogans such as “Death to the dictator” and “Jin, jiyan, azadi (Woman, life, freedom)”
In addition, some Iranian women have cut their hair in protest and posted videos on social media platforms.
Shopkeepers closed up their shops
According to human rights groups, protesters have taken to the streets for three days by chanting slogans against Khamenei for three days in the city of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran.
In Divandarreh, the protesters threw stones at the riot police amid the gunshots. The people also took to the streets in Paveh, Baneh, Mahabad and Rasht. The local sources also report that the shopkeepers have closed up their shops and children haven’t gone to schools in Kurdish cities such as Piranshahr, Mahabad, Sanandaj, Saqqez and Shino for days over the call of NGOs, political parties and activists for a general strike.
The protests of university students have been reportedly spreading in the country.
Iran blocks internet access
Iranian authorities have blocked access to Instagram and WhatsApp and restricted access to the internet.