Iranians hit streets again as protests enter 4th month

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 18, 2022 12:00 am

PARIS: Hundreds took to the streets in Iran's restive southeast on Friday, footage shared by human rights groups showed, beginning a fourth month of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.

The Islamic republic has seen waves of demonstrations since the 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian died on September 16 in morality police custody after she was arrested for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for women.

Protesters hold Iran’s pre-1979 national flag during a demonstration in front of the Islamic republic’s consulate in Frankfurt, central Germany on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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