Iran protests enter sixth week

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 24, 2022 12:11 am

PARIS: Shopkeepers and factory workers went on strike in Iran on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) as women-led nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini entered a sixth week, activists said.

The death of 22-year-old Amini, after her arrest for allegedly breaching Iran's strict dress code for women, has fueled the biggest protests seen in the Islamic republic for years.

UNRELENTING Protesters march in solidarity with protesters in Iran in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 22, 2022 (October 23 in Manila). Iran has been rocked by protests since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death on September 16, three days after she was arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly violating the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women. AFP PHOTO

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