Protests in several cities across Iran on Thursday against the death of a young woman in police custody, a human rights group said at leas...
Protests in several cities across Iran on Thursday against the death of a young woman in police custody, a human rights group said at least 83 people had been killed in nearly two weeks.
Mahsa Amini, 22,who was arrested this month in Tehran for "Not wearing Hijab properly" by the morality police that are enforces strict dress code for women.
As the Iranian protests have been going on from past 12 nights, Iran's police command vowed its forces would confront them "with all their might", in a crackdown that one rights group says has already killed at least 83 people.
Despite the growing death toll and a fierce crackdown by authorities, videos posted on Twitter showed demonstrators calling for the fall of the clerical establishment in Tehran, Qom, Rasht, Sanandaj, Masjed-i-Suleiman and other cities.
The son of late shah, in an interview near Washington , hailed the protests and urged the world to create pressure on Iran leadership.
Reza Pahlavi, whose father was toppled in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, urged greater preparation for a future Iranian system that is secular and democratic.
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