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Government supporters in front of the German Embassy
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The Iranian government has once again reacted to the German government's announcement of sanctions.
In the capital, Tehran, she had dozens of regime supporters protest in front of the German embassy.
Veterans of the First Gulf War (1980-1988) also took part in the state-organized demonstration, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.
The protest was directed against German foreign policy.
Tehran accuses the federal government of supporting the system-critical rallies in Iran that have been going on for more than six weeks.
Some demonstrators are said to have shouted "Down with Germany" in front of the German embassy.
On the fringes of the protests, reporters were harassed, as eyewitnesses reported.
According to the first reports, two arrests were made.
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) had announced sanctions against Iran because the protests in the country were being brutally suppressed.
The German ambassador had already been summoned last week.
For weeks, tens of thousands have been demonstrating in Iran against the authoritarian course of government and the system of the Islamic Republic.
The protests were triggered by the death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini.
The vice squad arrested her for allegedly violating Islamic dress codes.
The woman died in mid-September.
The Iranian regime claims the young woman died of organ failure as a result of an alleged pre-existing condition, which her family denies.
A video is said to show Amini swaying in the police station, holding on to a chair, then collapsing.
However, there are many indications of an act of violence: an eyewitness told Iranian journalists that Amini had said in custody that she had been hit on the head in the police car.
Since the woman's death, security forces have also used violence against the demonstrators.
At least 250 people have been killed and more than 10,000 arrested.
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