Protests in Iran entered their fourth week in response to the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, after she was detained by the morality police, while Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said Saturday that the students will prevent the "enemy's dreams" from being fulfilled.

ISNA news agency said that protest gatherings, which it described as sporadic, took place on Saturday in more than 10 areas in the capital, Tehran.

The agency added that the protesters set fire to a police station in a market (bazaars) south of the capital, and that the police forces tried to disperse the protesters after strengthening their presence in several areas in Tehran.

outside Tehran

In the city of Saqiz, from which Amini hails, located in the province of Kurdistan (west), schoolgirls were heard chanting “Woman, life, freedom,” while they marched in a street waving their headscarves over their heads, according to video recordings, which the “Henkao” group said. It was recorded on Saturday.

Pictures broadcast by activists on social media showed protest gatherings in other cities, including Isfahan, Mashhad and Shiraz, during which the protesters chanted slogans against the regime and the country's officials.

The death of the 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman on September 16, 3 days after her arrest in Tehran by the morality police, who considered that she was not wearing modest clothes, sparked widespread public anger.

The Human Rights Organization in Iran reports that at least 92 protesters were killed during the security forces' "repression" of the protests.

Iran has repeatedly accused external forces of igniting the protests, and last week announced that 9 foreigners from countries including France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands had been arrested.

And Iran announced - yesterday, Friday - that the forensic investigation concluded that Amini died as a result of the repercussions of a previous illness and not due to “blows” to the head, although her family stated that she was in good health.


"Dreams of the Enemy"

For his part, the Iranian president said Saturday that students in Iran will prevent the realization of "the enemy's dreams."

Raisi added in a speech on the occasion of the beginning of the school year, the enemy thought that he could follow up and fulfill his desires inside the university, unaware that our students and professors are vigilant and will not allow the enemy to realize false dreams.

He considered that the students would defeat the enemy in the field of science, knowledge and others.

Raisi appealed to all state institutions to impose the veil and preserve unity.

"Despite all the efforts of the haters, the strong and industrious people of Islamic Iran will overcome the problems they face with unity and cohesion," he added.


Western sanctions

On Friday, France, Canada and the Netherlands took action against Iran, while the United States vowed to respond to what it called a "bloody crackdown" in it.

Canada announced the imposition of new sanctions on the regime in Iran, and banned 10,000 officials, including members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, from entering its territory permanently.

In turn, the French Foreign Ministry called - on Friday - its citizens who "visit Iran to leave the country as soon as possible, given the risks of arbitrary detention to which they expose themselves."

Like France, the government of the Netherlands advised all its nationals to leave Iran and not to travel there under any circumstances.

For its part, the US State Department said - Friday - that the United States will continue to coordinate with its allies on how to respond to the "bloody crackdown" against protesters in Iran, and "state-sponsored violence" against women.