Iranian police ordered to 'severely confront' anti-regime protests

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50% : The nationwide demonstrations rapidly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the clerical establishment that has ruled Iran since its 1979 Islamic revolution.
45% : Amnesty International on Friday said it had acquired leaked government documents showing that Iran had ordered its security forces to 'severely confront' protesters as the demonstrations gathered strength earlier this month.
45% : A number of Europeans were detained in Iran in recent months, including a Swedish tourist, a Polish scientist and others.
41% :Iran has detained a number of Iranians with dual citizenship over the years, accusing them of spying or otherwise undermining national security.
41% : In her crosshairs were the Iranian regime, the Taliban and Vladimir Putin, as well as the decision to overturn 1973's Roe vs Wade decision legalizing abortion across the USA.
40% :Iranian women are on the front line of the protestsIranian women tear off their hijabs in nation-wide protests against the regimeMahsa Amini had been detained by the morality police in the capital Tehran for allegedly wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf too looselyProtesters gather in Sulaimaniyah after the death of Mahsa AminiA pro-government demonstrator holds a poster of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini while attending a rally after the Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protestsIranian pro-government demonstrators hold posters of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during their rallyIran football team COVER national emblem to show solidarity with protestors following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custodyIranian players wore black jackets to cover their national emblem before kick-off in AustriaIran's football team covered their national team's kit and emblem during the national anthems before kick-off at home against Senegal in their final match before the World Cup.
40% : That makes it difficult to gauge the extent of the protests, particularly outside the capital, Tehran.
39% : Shervin Hajipour, an amateur singer in Iran, recently posted a song on Instagram based on tweets about Amini that received more than 40million views in less than 48 hours before it was taken down.
38% : Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets over the last two weeks in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the morality police in the capital Tehran for allegedly wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf too loosely.
38% : AdvertisementWomen have defiantly burned their headscarves and cut their hair in the protests over Amini's death, announced September 16, that are the biggest seen in Iran since demonstrations in November 2019 over fuel price rises.
37% : Amnesty's warning comes as Iran presses ahead with an intensifying crackdown that has seen the arrest of many journalists, activists and other prominent figures.
34% : Critics accuse Iran of using such detainees as bargaining chips to secure concessions from the international community.
32% :Iran has blamed outside forces for the protests, and on Wednesday it launched cross-border missile and drone strikes that killed 14 people in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, accusing rebel groups based there of fuelling the unrest.
28% : A woman shows a placard with a photo of Mahsa Amini as she attends a protest against her death in Berlin, GermanyHillary Clinton lauds the 'brave women in Iran' fighting for freedom and calls on Americans not to let the 'clock be turned back' in the U.S. after Roe v Wade decisionFormer Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lauded the brave women in Iran fighting against the regime for their freedom during an awards ceremony last night.

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