12 minutes agoTurmoil Between Protests and Police in Iran
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Today there have been clashes between Iranian police and anti-government protesters in Tehran, in the worst riots there for years. One person told the BBC that her neighborhood resembled a battlefield. Protests there are now on the seventh day and are continuing in many other cities. [...]
One person told the BBC that her neighborhood resembled a battlefield.
Protests there are now on the seventh day and are continuing in many other cities.
Activists say eight protesters were shot dead overnight, while local media said two police officials were killed.
The riots began after a woman was killed by the moral police known there. There are conflicting reports of the number of people killed since the start of the protests.
State media have reported the deaths of 11 people, including security personnel and protesters, but Kurdish human rights groups have said 15 protesters have died in Western Iran alone.
Anger erupted after Mahsa Ameni, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman from the north-western town of Sackez, died in hospital in Tehran on Friday after three days in a coma.
She was visiting the capital with her family on September 13th when she was arrested by moral police officers, who accused her of breaking the law asking women to cover their hair with a hyjab, or headscarves, and their arms and feet in loose clothing. She was hurt after being sent to a detention centre.
Some local media have reported that police had shot Amina in the head with a stick. Police have said there is no evidence of any mistreatment and that she had a heart attack, the BBC writes.
