Protesters took to the streets of Iran's capital Tehran for a third day over the death of a woman in police custody
Police deny any wrongdoing, say Mahsa Amini fell illLeading Iraqi Kurd sends condolences to family
Two of the people were killed as security forces opened fire on protesters in the Kurdish city of Saqez, Amini's hometown, the Hengaw Human Rights Organization said on Twitter.It said two more were killed in the town of Divandarreh "by direct fire" from security forces, and a fifth was killed in Dehgolan, also in the Kurdish region.There was no official confirmation of the deaths.
The police have said Amini fell ill as she waited with other women held by the morality police, who enforce strict rules in the Islamic republic requiring women to cover their hair and wear loose fitting clothes in public. While Hengaw reported deadly force by security forces in the Kurdish region, there were no immediate reports of protest fatalities in other parts of Iran.A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" is seen in Tehran, Iran September 18, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERSVideos on social media showed demonstrations in Tehran and spreading to cities such as Rasht, Mashhad and Isfahan.
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