Iran: dozens dead and hundreds arrested during protests

Protests in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, on September 24, after the death of a young Iranian woman arrested by vice police.

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The latest death toll from the protests in Iran puts the death toll at 35, according to state media, 50 according to the Oslo-based opposition NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR).

The anger is not abating eight days after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old young woman arrested by the morality police for a poorly put on veil.

Friday evening again, protesters took to the streets.

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Videos published on social networks reach us from Iran, even if they must be taken with precaution because they are difficult to verify.

We always see the same scenes: demonstrations at night, in the streets, with slogans hostile to the regime.

Many young people, unveiled women, but also men.

Traffic is obstructed, tires or vehicles are set on fire. 

And then there are those images of repression by law enforcement.

Like this video widely broadcast and verified by AFP, where we see a man in uniform pointing his weapon apparently at demonstrators and shooting, in Shahre Rey, in the south of Tehran.

The regime is determined to put down the rebellion, it speaks of rioters, and of a plot hatched by the West.

In the north of the country, the police chief of Guilan province announced the arrest of "

", according to the Tasnim agency.

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On Friday, he organized counter-demonstrations in Tehran in particular where hundreds of women in chador marched to defend the wearing of the veil.

Limited internet access

The authorities have also slowed access to the internet and social networks, but this does not completely prevent Iranians from continuing to testify.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a US-based media watchdog, said 11 journalists have been arrested in Iran since Monday.

It was the death of

that sparked these protests.

The 22-year-old girl was arrested on September 13 in Tehran for “wearing inappropriate clothes” by the morality police, responsible for enforcing the Islamic Republic's strict dress code, and died three days later. to the hospital. 

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