Forces suppress protests marking Amini’s death

• Published date: 18 September 2023
• Publication title: Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)

The Revolutionary Guards detained a dual national suspected of ‘‘trying to organise unrest and sabotage’’, one of several arrests of ‘‘counter revolutionaries’’ and ‘‘terrorists’’ reported, an official news agency said

On Saturday, a heavy security force presence in Iran’s mostly Kurdish areas appeared to have deterred large-scale protests but human rights groups reported sporadic confrontations in several areas of the country.

The death of Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman arrested by the morality police last year for allegedly flouting mandatory dress codes, triggered months of some of the biggest protests against the Islamic Republic’s Shi’ite...