Iranians defy crackdown with fresh protests, as president dismisses US vow to ‘free Iran’ – Agence France-Presse and Reuters (The Guardian) / Nov 6, 2022
Ebrahim Raisi declares streets ‘safe and sound’ while shopkeepers strike and student demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death reach 50th day
Iranian students protested and shopkeepers went on strike despite a widening crackdown, according to reports on social media, as demonstrations that flared over Mahsa Amini’s death continued for a 50th day.
Saturday’s protests came as President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran’s cities were “safe and sound” after earlier dismissing a pledge from the US president, Joe Biden, to “free Iran”.
The Islamic Republic has been gripped by protests that erupted when Amini died in custody after her arrest for an alleged breach of the country’s dress code for women.
As the working week got under way, security forces adopted new measures to halt protests at universities in Tehran, searching students and forcing them to remove face masks, activists said.
