Tag: morality police

Protests spread in Iran over woman’s death: state media

  TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Protests spread to 15 cities across Iran overnight over the death of the young woman Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the country’s morality police, state media reported on Wednesday. In the fifth night of street rallies, police used tear gas and made arrests to disperse crowds of up to 1,000 people, the official IRNA news agency said. Demonstrators blockaded streets, hurled stones at security forces, set fire to police […]