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The government's response to the protests and its "brutal and disproportionate use of force against peaceful protesters and children" was widely condemned, [30] but Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the unrest as "riots" and part of a "hybrid war" against Iran created by foreign enemy states and dissidents abroad.
The protests, which began over the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country's morality police, have morphed into one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s ...
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn what he called “rioting” and accuse ...
The protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in detention after being arrested by the country's morality police for not wearing her hijab correctly, have become Iran's ...
The 2021–2022 Iranian protests erupted on 15 July 2021 to protest the water shortages and crisis, but were quickly met with police violence and brutality."Bloody Aban", November 2021 saw further protests due to water shortages but various other protests and strikes also took place due to the worsening economic situation.
Anti-government protests took place in 24 cities in 18 provinces around Iran. [144] Anti-government strikes by merchants and other workers were held in ten cities in seven provinces. [144] Internationally, between 80,000 and 100,000 people marched in Berlin in solidarity with the Iranian women's rights movement. [145]
Almost six weeks after the death of Mahsa Amini and the unrest in Iran shows little sign of abating. Clashes erupted in Tehran and several other cities. Iran protests surge again as huge crowds ...
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