Security forces shoot at protesters who gathered to mark 40 days since Mahsa Aminis killing

Iranian security forces have clashed with protesters who had gathered in Mahsa Amini’s home town to mark 40 days since her death.

According to media reports, security forces have shot teargas and opened fire on people in Zindan Square. Security forces were deployed in Saqqez and other parts of Kurdistan province yesterday.

Protests swept across Iran after Ms



Amini, 22, died on 16 September. She was detained three days earlier by the morality police in the capital, Tehran, and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention centre.

There were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.