Iranian government confirms three deaths in hijab protest
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in New York for the UN General Assembly meetings, called Mahsa Amini's family in an attempt to stem the reaction to her death in police custody.
Iranians held anti-government rallies for a fourth consecutive day after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died following her arrest by the hijab-implementing Morality Police.
The protests that began in the Kurdish city of Saqqez — Mahsa's birthplace — spread to Tehran and over a dozen cities, including Sanandaj, Isfahan, Ilam, Ghazvin, Tabriz, Rahst and even the conservative city of Mashhad.
At least four people, including an elderly woman, have been killed in protests in Kurdish cities, according to the foreign-based rights organization Hengaw and other opposition outlets monitoring political developments in Iran.
The Kurdistan governor confirmed three deaths but described them as "suspicious" and denied any shooting by security forces.
