Five days after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died from head injuries sustained at the hands of the "morality patrol", mass demonstrations in Iran show no signs of abating. Hours after claiming Mahsa's death was an accident, police and security forces were back on the streets suppressing protests with lethal force, attacking unarmed civilians and bystanders with batons, birdshot and live ammunition. Tens of people are believed to have been killed since Friday night.
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