Latest unrest comes as authorities are dealing with the fallout from a Kurdish woman’s death in detention two months ago
Iranians chant during a protest in Tehran, Iran, October 28 2022. Picture: WANA/REUTERS
In 2019, Reuters reported 1,500 people were killed in that wave of unrest which started over fuel price hikes but quickly turned political. Iranian authorities dismissed that death toll. Up to 19 of the thousands of people arrested face charges which carry the death penalty in the cities of Tehran and nearby Karaj, according to state media reports.
Iran, which said Amini’s death was due to pre-existing conditions, has accused its enemies, including the US, of fomenting the unrest to destabilise the country. But the protest crackdown and the sale of drones to Russia have turned the US’s focus away from reviving the pact, Washington’s special envoy for Iran Robert Malley said.
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