The protests erupted over the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Teheran's morality police. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - International alarm mounted on Tuesday over a deadly crackdown in Iran against protests that erupted over the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Teheran's notorious morality police.following her arrest by police responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women.
They have on occasion removed their headscarves in defiance of the Islamic republic's strict laws and sometimes even set them on fire or symbolically cut their hair.They have now spread across the country to Teheran and also major cities including Rasht in the north and Bandar Abbas in the south as well as the holy city of Mashhad in the east.
In Geneva, the United Nations said acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif expressed alarm at Ms Amini's death and the"violent response by security forces to ensuing protests".She said there must be an independent investigation into"Mahsa Amini's tragic death and allegations of torture and ill-treatment".
Images posted on social media have shown fierce clashes especially in Divandareh between protesters and the security forces, with sounds of live fire.