Iran protests rage overnight after Mahsa Amini memorial
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#655XR)
Blasts heard as security forces reportedly open fire on protesters mourning death of Kurdish woman
Protests have raged through the night in Iran after thousands of mourners marked 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini, which sparked a wave of unrest across the Islamic republic.
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, died on 16 September, three days after her arrest in Tehran by the morality police for allegedly breaching the Islamic dress code for women.
Continue reading...