Iran Unrest Takes New Turn As Schoolgirls Join Protests

2 years ago 04/10/2022
  • Since then, school girls across the country have taken over with various tactics, including removing their veils and shouting slogans that are hostile to the conservative regime.

    Furthermore, according to the NGO Iran Human Rights, at least 63 people were killed last week in Zahedan, in south-eastern Iran, a Shia majority country, by the repression of protests triggered by accusations that a local police chief had raped a 15-year-old girl belonging to the Sunni Baloch minority.

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