Article 63V3K Three people killed in Iran protests over death of Mahsa Amini

Three people killed in Iran protests over death of Mahsa Amini

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Kurdistan governor blames deaths on plot by the enemy' on fourth day of protests over 22-year-old's death in custody

Iranian government officials have denounced a fourth day of protests after the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in police custody, claiming the demonstrators have fallen victim to a conspiracy by its enemies.

Mahsa Amini died on Friday after she was arrested by the morality police for not wearing the hijab and her trousers correctly, a tragic episode that has unleashed fury in the streets against the unaccountable and sometimes brutal treatment handed out to women by this branch of the police.

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