In the Iranian capital Tehran, after Friday prayers, mass demonstrations were held, during which slogans in support of the Islamic Republic and rejection of the unrest were heard.

Earlier, demonstrations took place on the streets in about 15 Iranian cities, where traffic was disrupted and a number of demonstrators set fire to garbage cans and police cars, threw stones at security forces and chanted anti-regime slogans, and the police used tear gas. and made arrests to disperse demonstrators.

On Friday, September 16, Iranian state television reported: “The death of an Iranian young woman after she was arrested on Wednesday in Tehran by the police department responsible for ensuring that women wear the hijab.” Mahsa Amini, 22, was in Tehran with her family when she was stopped on Wednesday by a police unit tasked with imposing a strict dress code for women, including a requirement to cover their hair with a headscarf.

Yesterday, Thursday, the Tehran police indicated that “Mahsa Amini was arrested along with other women for dress code ‘instructions'”, explaining that “she suddenly developed heart problems … and was immediately taken to the hospital.” And state television confirmed, “Unfortunately, she died and her body was transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medicine.” It was not immediately clear what happened between the young woman’s arrival at the police station and her transfer to the hospital.