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Iranians took to the streets for a ninth consecutive night Sunday to protest the death earlier this month of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Tehran’s morality police.
Other protests, being held in solidarity with Iranian women, have taken place around the globe, in such cities as Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Istanbul, Madrid, New York and Paris, among others.
Demonstrations first erupted September 17, at the funeral of Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died a day earlier while in detention of police enforcing the Islamic Republic’s strict restrictions on women’s dress. She was arrested September 13 for allegedly breaking Iran’s strict hijab rules.
Amini’s family allege she was beaten in the police van after her arrest, suffering several blows to the head. Police reject the allegations, saying Amini died after being taken to a hospital because she had suffered a heart attack.
Iran’s state television says 41 people have been killed during protests.
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Late Sunday, Oslo-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) was circulating images showing protesters on the streets of Tehran, shouting ‘death to the dictator,’ purportedly after nightfall Sunday, according to Agence France-Presse.
IHR said Iran’s rolling internet blackouts were making it difficult to verify fatalities and protests, AFP reported.
Witnesses told AFP that protests were ongoing in several locations.
