[1/2]Newspapers, with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic’s “morality police” are seen in Tehran, Iran September 18, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Sporadic protests continued in Iran on Sunday amid a widespread crackdown by security forces a year after a young Kurdish woman’s death in custody set off some of the worst political unrest in four decades.
The death on Sept. 16 last year of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman arrested by the morality police for allegedly flouting mandatory dress codes, triggered months of some of the biggest protests against the Islamic Republic’s Shi’ite clerical rule ever seen and drew international condemnation.
On Saturday, Mahsa’s father, Amjad Amini, was arrested briefly and warned against…
