Protests reach 19 cities in Iran despite internet disruption

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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.
38% : 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.
37% :The center said it tracked protests in at least 19 cities across Iran.

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