Two men killed in Iran during protests over death in custody, rights group says

• Mehsa Amini was detained by the Moral Police last week.
• Demonstrations broke out in areas including Tehran, the Kurdish province.
• The moral police enforce strict dress codes on women.

Dubai: Two people were killed during protests in Iran on Monday after the detention of a young woman. The ethics policeAs protests sparked by the incident continued for a third day, a Kurdish rights group said.

Mehsa AminiThe 22-year-old fell into a coma and died last week after her arrest by moral police in Tehran after stricter hijab laws were imposed, leaving the Kurdish region where she came from, Tehran and several other cities. The demonstrations began.

The Hengao Rights Group says the two men were killed in the town of Diwandara, part of Iran’s Kurdish region. protest have been the most severe.

There was no official confirmation of the casualties. State TV said several protesters had been arrested, but dismissed “some claims of casualties on social media” by showing two wounded youths who denied reports they had been killed. Their names were different from those listed in Hengao’s report.

Reuters Hengaw could not independently verify the report.

“In Monday’s protests in Dewandarra town, at least two civilians – Fawad Qadri and Mohsin Mohammadi – died after being taken to Kosar Hospital in Sanandaj and 15 others were injured,” Hengao said on Twitter. It is not known how he died.

Earlier in a video posted by Hengao on Twitter, protesters were shown pelting stones while a man could be heard saying, “There’s a war going on in Dewandarra, damn (police) agent attack.” are doing”.

Reuters The authenticity of the video could not be verified.

Amini’s death has been condemned across the country, with the Persian hashtag #MahsaAmini having nearly two million mentions on Twitter.

Iranian police on Monday said his death was an “unfortunate incident” and denied allegations of abuse.

Iran’s morality police enforce strict laws enacted since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution that require women to cover their hair and wear loose clothing in public.

A White House spokesman in Washington said there must be accountability for Amini’s death.

“The death of Mohsah Amini after being injured while in police custody for wearing an ‘improper’ hijab is an appalling and serious human rights violation,” said a spokesman for the White House’s National Security Council.