The protests in Iran are expanding: at least 41 dead, more than 450 arrested in the north of the country

The hijab riots across Iran continue to rage for the tenth day in a row.

Hundreds of protesters, social activists and journalists have already been arrested.

According to human rights organizations, the number of dead is much higher than what has been reported so far, but it is difficult to know due to the disruptions in the networks in the country

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09/26/2022

Monday, September 26, 2022, 6:13 p.m. Updated: 9:59 p.m.

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Iran: Hijab protests continue, Raisi calls for confrontation with the protesters (Walla system!)

The hijab riots in Iran, which broke out following the death of the young woman in custody, continue to expand even today (Monday), this is the tenth day in a row.

At least 41 protesters and police officers have been killed since the beginning of the protests that have ignited the country, but according to unofficial reports, the death toll is much higher.

According to the organization "Human Rights in Iran", which is based in Norway, at least 57 people were killed.

However, the organization stressed that it is difficult to know what the real figures of the victims are, due to the shortfalls in the media that plague the regions of Iran.

Meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators, social activists and even journalists have already been arrested, only in the north of the country more than 450 arrests were reported in protests.

A woman burns a hijab during protests in Iran.

Last week (photo: screenshot, Twitter)

The protests that have spread throughout the country are the largest in three years.

While security forces fire live fire to quell the riots, protesters throw stones and set fire to vehicles and police vans.

Some protesters burned their hijabs as a sign of protest, others dance near large bonfires as other women shout alongside them "women, life, freedom".

At the same time, the regime in Tehran accuses other countries of encouraging the riots and taking a stand against the regime.

For example, the ambassadors of Great Britain and Norway were summoned on the grounds that the coverage of the events in their countries was done in a hostile manner.

This, alongside sanctions imposed by the United States on senior officials in Tehran and the morality police, who arrested the young woman, whose death ignited the riots.

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Photos of Mahsa Amini, who died in custody in Iran (Photo: Reuters)

Last week, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said that those who oppose security and peace in the country must be "resolutely confronted," Raisi said.

He made the remarks in a condolence call to the family of a security agent who was stabbed to death, apparently by protesters.

Following the demonstrations, Iran's police chief, Hossein Ashtari, warned that "those who are involved in sabotage and creating insecurity according to instructions from outside the country should know that they will be dealt with severely."

He also said that "the security of the people is our red line".

The young woman Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked the riots in Iran, was arrested by the moral police in Iran about two weeks ago, for wearing a hijab "sloppy".

She collapsed at the police station, went upstairs and died three days later in the hospital.

Authorities claimed she had a heart attack, but according to her family, there were no medical problems.

Also, Amini's father claimed that she suffered from injuries while she was in custody, and said that he considers the police responsible for her death.

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