In a northern Iranian province, authorities arrested 450 people in ten-day protests triggered by the death of a young woman detained by morality police, an official newspaper reported on Monday (26).
Since the initial events following the announcement of Mahsa Amini’s death on September 16, hundreds of protesters, activists and journalists have been detained across the country for allegedly violating rules that require the use of a full-coverage veil. dress codes.
“In the last few days of riots, 450 rebels have been arrested in Mazandaran,” said provincial prosecutor Mohamad Karimi, quoted by the official IRNA news agency.
On Saturday, authorities in the neighboring province of Guilan reported 739 arrests, including 60 women.
According to the non-exhaustive official balance sheet, which includes demonstrators and security forces, 41 people died in the ten days of the protests. But the death toll may be higher, and the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) reported that 57 protesters were killed.
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