(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 22. As many as 76
police officers and security officers were injured during protests
in several cities of Iran's Mazandaran Province (northern Iran),
Deputy Governor of Mazandaran Province Rouhollah Solgi told IRNA,
Trend reports.
Solgi pointed out that as a result of last night's actions, 41
state facilities and 11 private properties were seriously damaged,
along 11 private and 13 state vehicles.
The protests in Iranian cities are ongoing, being prompted by
death of a 22-year old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, allegedly after
being beaten by Iran's morality police while in custody for
violating the strict hijab-wearing rules. Amini's death on
September 16 triggered mass protests in Iran several days
later.
Hijab was made mandatory for women in Iran shortly after the
country's 1979 revolution. Women who break the strict dress code
risk being arrested by Iran's morality police. Based on the dress
code, women are required to fully cover their hair in public and
wear long, loose-fitting clothes.
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