According to human rights groups, police have in recent days shot protesters with live bullets.
The last balance offered on Tuesday by the Fars press agency gave part of 60 dead in the demonstrations since September 16. The police reported 10 dead agents, without specifying if they are among the 60 deceased.
The Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) reported “at least 76 dead” on Monday.
Bombings in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Iranian authorities have denounced these demonstrations as acts of “separatist groups” and the fruit of “foreign plots”, and pointed to the United States, their great enemy.
This Wednesday, Iran bombed armed groups of the Iranian Kurdish opposition in Iraqi Kurdistan, causing at least nine deaths and some 30 injuries, according to local authorities. Baghdad summoned the Iranian ambassador to convey his protest.
Spain also summoned the Iranian ambassador in Madrid “to express its protest against the repression of demonstrations and the violation of women’s rights,” a diplomatic source told AFP.
Hours earlier, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, urged Iran to have “maximum restraint” in the face of the protests that are shaking the country.
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1,200 detainees
So far, authorities have reported the arrest of 1,200 protesters since September 16. According to NGOs, militants, lawyers and journalists were also arrested.
According to the Iranian news agency Tasnim, Faeze Hashemi, daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1989-1997), was arrested in Tehran for “inciting rioters to demonstrate”.
In recent days, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called on the security forces to act “firmly against those who threaten the security of the country and the people” and the head of the judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, ruled out any “leniency” against instigators of the “riots”.
To limit the protests, authorities have blocked access to Instagram and Whatsapp in the country, which is also experiencing internet connection disruptions.