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"Security forces are shooting at the protesters in Sanandaj and
Saqqez," said the Iranian human rights group Hengaw. It said
riot police were also using tear gas.
The widely followed Tavsir1500 Twitter account also reported
shootings at protesters in the two northwestern Kurdish cities.
Rights groups say more than 150 people have been killed,
hundreds injured and thousands arrested by security forces
confronting protests which erupted after last month's death in
custody of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from Saqez who had been
arrested for "inappropriate attire".
(dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com; Editing by Frances Kerry)
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