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At least two protesters were killed by security forces in Iran Saturday as anti-government demonstrations flared again, four weeks after the death of a young woman in police custody.
A driver was shot dead in the northern city of Sanandaj after he honked at police stationed on a major thoroughfare, human rights monitors said. Gruesome photos of the man’s bloodied body circulated online.
A second protester was killed in the same city and 10 others wounded when security forces fired shots to disperse the angry crowds, according to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network.
In Tehran, furious female protesters chanted “Raisi get lost” and other anti-regime slogans as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited the all-women Alzahra University to mark National Student’s Day.
The hard-line president repeated his allegations that foreign enemies are to blame for the protests that began erupting four weeks ago, after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in state custody after being arrested for violating the nation’s strict women’s dress code.
