Iranians defy crackdown with fresh protests, as president dismisses US vow to ‘free Iran’
by Agence France-Presse and Reuters from World news | The Guardian on (#65GXD)
Ebrahim Raisi declares streets safe and sound' while shopkeepers strike and student demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini's death reach 50th day
Iranian students protested and shopkeepers went on strike despite a widening crackdown, according to reports on social media, as demonstrations that flared over Mahsa Amini's death continued for a 50th day.
Saturday's protests came as President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran's cities were safe and sound" after earlier dismissing a pledge from the US president, Joe Biden, to free Iran".
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