It has been more than 10 days of protests across Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahasa Amini. Now a rights group has said that more than 75 people have been killed in the protests amid clashes with security forces. Crowds in the capital Tehran chanted 'Death to the Dictator' and demanded an end to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's more than three-decade rule.
Protests against Amini's death have spread to at least 46 cities, towns and villages across Iran. State TV has suggested that at least 41 protesters and police have been killed since the protests began on September 17. The Associated Press put the death toll at least 13, according to official statements by authorities reported, while more than 1,200 protesters have been arrested.
The Iranian government has dismissed the latest protests as a foreign conspiracy, instead fueling public outrage over the death of a woman who was detained because her mandatory headscarf, or hijab, was immoral. It was not to the liking of the police.
Pro-government marches in Tehran and other cities echoed the official line, with some marchers chanting "American mercenaries fighting religion."
The government's decision to block Instagram, WhatsApp and LinkedIn , three of the last Western social media apps three of the last Western social media apps operating in the country, has limited protesters' ability to organize and share their videos with the outside world.
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