Iranian women shop on a street in Tehran November 29, 2021. (Credit : Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/ File Photo)
Two more Iranian protesters were killed during rallies over the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police, in Kermanshah province, the region's prosecutor said Wednesday.
The death last week of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police in Tehran for "unsuitable attire," unleashed simmering anger over issues including freedoms in the Islamic Republic and an economy reeling from sanctions.
After beginning on Saturday at Amini's funeral in Iran's Kurdistan province, protests have engulfed much of the country, prompting confrontations as security forces have sought to suppress them.
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