Students across Iran protested and Kurdish shopkeepers went on strike in a continuation of demonstrations that began more than two weeks ago with the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody for allegedly violating Islamic dress code
Student protests swept across Iran and Kurdish shopkeepers went on strike Saturday, in a new show of lasting power formore than two weeks ago with the death of a young woman in police custody for allegedly violating Islamic dress code.
In central Tehran, protesters took to the streets in higher numbers as the Iranian workweek began after a long holiday, and a day after violence broke out at demonstrations Friday have long agitated against repression from Tehran. Protests continued in the provinces from Baluchistan in the far east to ethnic Kurdish enclaves in the far northwest, witnesses said.
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