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'Not afraid anymore': more violence as Iran protests enter fourth week

Oct 08, 2022 View Original Article
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46% : Rallies have been held around the world in solidarity with Iran's women - Sakis MITROLIDISSchoolgirls chanted slogans, workers went on strike and protesters clashed violently with security forces across Iran on Saturday, as demonstrations over the death of Mahsa Amini entered a fourth week.
45% : The Netherlands advised its citizens to avoid travelling to Iran or to leave when they can do so safely.
44% :"We cannot be indifferent about what is happening in Iran," she told Sky News.
40% : It said "scattered and limited gatherings" were held in Tehran during which "some demonstrators destroyed public property".
39% : Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker held in Tehran for six years until her release in March, called on the UK government to act over Iran's rights abuses.
38% : "And I think we have to hold Iran accountable."
36% : Iran said on Friday an investigation found Amini had died of a longstanding illness rather than "blows" to the head, despite her family reportedly saying she had previously been healthy.
35% :US-based campaigner and journalist Omid Memarian tweeted: "Videos coming out from Tehran indicate that there are so many protests, in every corner of the city, in small and big numbers."
35% :- 'Blind eye' -Iran has repeatedly accused outside forces of stirring up the protests, and last week announced that nine foreign nationals -- including from France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands -- had been arrested.
32% : On Friday, France advised its nationals visiting Iran to "leave the country as soon as possible", citing the risk of arbitrary detention.
31% :Anger flared after the 22-year-old Iranian Kurd's death on September 16, three days after her arrest in Tehran by the notorious morality police for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women.
28% : IHR says at least 92 protesters have been killed in the crackdown, which has fuelled tensions between Iran and the West, especially its arch-enemy the United States.

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