Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Sept 27: A rights group reported that more than 75 people had died as a result of the Iranian government’s crackdown on unrest brought on by the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish lady, while she was in the custody of the morality police.
While this was going on, the official death toll in Iran remained at 41, including numerous security personnel.
More than 1,200 people have been detained, according to authorities, as the dragnet is expanded in response to the widespread protests against Amini’s death after her arrest for allegedly flouting the nation’s stringent laws regarding hijab headscarves and modest attire.
As they have done every night since Amini’s death on September 16, protesters came to the streets once more on Monday night in Tehran and elsewhere, according to witnesses who spoke to AFP.
The masses in Tehran chanted “death to the dictator” demanding an end to the 83-year-old supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s more than three decades of control.
Images uploaded by the Oslo-based organisation Iran Human Rights showed people demonstrating to the sound of tear gas being sprayed by police officers in what appeared to be the city of Tabriz (IHR).
IHR reported that the number of fatalities in the crackdown in Iran has increased from the previous tally of 57 to at least 76.
