Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Sept 30: Protests against the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody continued in many locations across Iran, according to state and social media, while a human rights organisation said that 83 people had been killed in nearly two weeks of rallies.
Mahsa Amini (22) of the Iranian Kurdish village of Saqez, was detained this month in Tehran by the morality police, who uphold the Islamic Republic’s rigorous dress code for women. She was accused of wearing “unsuitable apparel.”
Her death has caused Iran’s first significant outcry since authorities put down demonstrations against an increase in gasoline prices in 2019.
“At least 83 people including children, are confirmed to have been killed in (the) #IranProtests,” Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based group, said on Twitter.
Videos released on Twitter showed protesters demanding the overthrow of the religious system in Tehran, Qom, Rasht, Sanandaj, Masjed-i-Suleiman, and other places despite the rising death toll and a harsh crackdown by the government.
State television said without providing numbers that police had detained numerous “rioters.”
The Committee to Protect Journalists announced on Twitter that it had learnt security forces had detained at least 28 journalists as of September 29. Rights groups reported that scores of activists, students, and artists had been imprisoned.
Meanwhile, Germany’s foreign minister said on Thursday she wanted the European Union to impose sanctions on Iran following Amini’s death.
