Protests over woman's death by Iran's morality police reach 19 cities - Portland Press Herald

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57% : Demonstrations also occurred on university campuses in Tehran as well, online videos purported to show.
52% : Lawyers also peacefully demonstrated in front of the Iran Central Bar Association in Tehran, chanting: "Woman, life, freedom" -- a slogan of the demonstrations so far.
47% : Only Afghanistan and Iran mandate the hijab in law and by force.
44% : A later video showed them fleeing after security forces fired tear gas at them, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran said.
42% : Despite the disruption, witnesses saw at least one demonstration in Tehran by some 30 women who had removed their headscarves while chanting: "Death to the dictator!"
40% :Calls for protests beginning at noon Wednesday saw a massive deployment of riot police and plainclothes officers throughout Tehran and other cities, witnesses said and videos showed.
40% : While the demonstrations have focused on Amini's death, anger has been simmering in Iran for years over the country's cratering economy.
39% :Iranian state television, long controlled by the country's hard-liners, aired footage it described as women protesting in support of the mandatory hijab across Iran.
37% : The center said it tracked protests in at least 19 cities across Iran.
36% : DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Protests swept across at least 19 cities in Iran on Wednesday sparked by the death of a 22-year-old woman detained last month by the country's morality police, even as security forces targeted demonstrators in the streets, activists said.
24% : In this Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, tear gas is fired by security to disperse protestors in front of the Tehran University, Iran.
13% : In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, a police motorcycle and a trash bin are burning during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the nation's morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran.

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