(ANSA) - TEHRAN, SEPTEMBER 24 - The Iranian police arrested "739 rioters, including 60 women" in the province of Guiland alone during the protests last week following the death of 22 / year old Kurdish Mahsa Amini while in police custody moral that he had arrested her for not wearing the veil correctly.
The news agency Tasnim reported on Saturday, citing General Azizollah Maleki, chief of police in the province of Guilan, in northern Iran.
At least 50 people died in the protests during seven days, according to opposition sources and NGOs, while the regimen of 35 dead.
Meanwhile, the ultra-conservative Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, said that the demonstrations and unrest in Iran should be tackled "harshly".
Quoted by Irna, Raisi defined the demonstrators as "rioters who disturb order and security in the country" by talking on the phone with Mohammadrasul Doustbeigi, a member of the Guardians of the Revolution (Pasdaran) and of the militia that defends Shiite holy places, fighting in Iraq and in Syria.
The Minister of the Interior, Ahmad Vahidi, for his part said that the demonstrators "follow the United States and European and counter-revolutionary countries with the aim of creating disorder and education in the country", adding that the ban on the Internet, Whatsapp and Instagram will continue until the end. of the protests.
Stalink, Elon Musk's internet satellite, was also added to the ban today.
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