Iranian security forces detain father of Mahsa Amini

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68% : One video posted on social media showed a group of demonstrators in Gohardasht chanting 'We are a great nation, and will take back Iran' while drivers honked their horns and shouted encouragement.
50% : She inspired a historic movement â€' Woman, Life, Freedom â€' that has impacted Iran and influenced people across the globe.'Britain on Friday imposed sanctions on four Iranian officials and the United States said it was sanctioning more than two dozen individuals and entities connected to Iran's 'violent suppression' of protests.
40% : Protests spread across the Middle East and the West since the death of Masha AminiAmini died in custody after not observing Iran's ultra-conservative dress code, which caused outrage across the country and beyondFootage on social media showed apparent protests in areas including Gohardasht, a neighbourhood of the city of Karaj west of the capital Tehran, and in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
36% : Women cut their hair in protest to the Iranian government following Amini's deathImages showed women climbing on top of cars and tearing off their hijabs in defiance of the regime, with police nowhere to be seenIn this image taken on Sept. 19, 2022, a police motorcycle and a trash bin are burning during a protest over the death of Mahsa AminiPeople are pictured burning the Iranian flag in after the death of the 22-year-old Amini500 people were killed and hundreds more were injured during the regimes crack down on protestsA huge line of people were seen blocking roads into Saqez, Amini's hometownYoung women led the charge in daily protests that have endured for more than a month, burning their hijab headscarves and confronting security forcesHowever, IRNA said Amini's hometown of Saqez was 'completely quiet' and that calls for strike in Kurdish areas had failed due to 'people's vigilance and the presence of security and military forces'.READ MORE: Death toll from Iranian riots 'tops 75' as protests continue to rage 11 days after Mahsa Amini died following arrest for not wearing her hijab properly Advertisement
35% : In the protests that followed Amini's death more than 500 people, including 71 minors, were killed, hundreds injured and thousands arrested, according to local rights groupsIran carried out seven executions linked to the unrest.

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