Demonstrations in Iran's Kurdistan province are being met with increasingly brutal tactics from security forces, human rights groups say. With limited information coming out of the region, Sky News has analysed some of the videos from inside.
According to analysts at the Omega Research Foundation, those casings on the left and in the centre are shotgun cartridges.The Omega Research Foundation says that the disused cartridges in the videos are similar to others found in other cities in Iran.
Another video emerged online showing a police officer sexually assaulting a female protester while trying to arrest her in Tehran's Argentina Square.A video shared online showed a police officer sexually assaulting a female protester while trying to arrest her in Tehran's Argentina Square "We are entering a sensitive phase of the demonstrations and confrontations. The regime is using more and more force to repress the protests. And we've seen that in Sanandaj, Kurdistan but also in small towns in the region," said Taimor Aliassi, United Nations representative for the Association of Human Rights in Kurdistan of Iran.
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