Iran says it has arrested nine foreigners over anti-hijab protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% :Iran has claimed that the daily protests that have swept the country for the past two weeks were instigated by foreigners.
41% : That makes it difficult to gauge the extent of the protests, particularly outside the capital Tehran.
40% : The intelligence ministry statement came after Amnesty International said leaked government documents showed that Iran ordered its security forces to "severely confront" anti-government demonstrations.
39% : Video from elsewhere in Iran showed protests in Ahvaz, in the south west, and Ardabil, in the north west.
39% : Shervin Hajipour, an amateur singer in Iran, recently posted a song on Instagram based on tweets about Ms Amini that received more than 40 million views in less than 48 hours before it was taken down.
36% : "Amid an epidemic of systemic impunity that has long prevailed in Iran, dozens of men, women and children have been unlawfully killed in the latest round of bloodshed."

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