Iran’s security forces reportedly open fire as thousands mourn Mahsa Amini

Teargas also used against protesters gathered in home town of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, says rights group

Iranian security forces have clashed with protesters who had gathered in their thousands in Mahsa Amini's home town to mark 40 days since her death, with reports that shots were fired.

Security forces have shot teargas and opened fire on people in Zindan Square, Saqqez city," Hengaw, a Norway-based group that monitors rights violations in Iran's Kurdish regions, tweeted without specifying whether there were any dead or wounded. It said more than 50 civilians were injured by direct fire in cities across the region.