there police The Iranian arrested “739 rioters, including 60 women,” in Guilan province alone during protests last week after the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman. Mahsa Amini while she was in the custody of the vice squad, who arrested her for improperly wearing the veil. The Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday, citing General Azizollah Maleki, police chief of the northern Iranian province of Guilan.
The ultra-conservative Iranian President Ebrahim RaisI said the demonstrations and riots in Iran should be dealt with “toughly.” Quoted by Irna, Raisi described the protesters as “rioters who are disrupting order and security in the country” while speaking on the phone to Mohammadrasul Doustbeigi, a member of the Guardians of the Revolution (Pasdaran) and the militia defending Shia holy sites who is fighting in Iraq and Syria. Just today, Tehran gave its official tribute to the clashes, saying 35 people had died after a week of protests, while the unofficial put the figure at at least 50, as well as hundreds injured and hundreds arrested.
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