Iran protests escalate

Sep 16: 22-year-old Mahsa Amini dies in custody after being arrested by morality police for wearing her hijab improperly

Sep 17: Protests erupt during Amini’s funeral in home cityof Saqqez, Kurdistan Province

Sep 18-19: Demonstrations spread to other cities, including Tehran, where security forces clash with protesters

Sep 24: President Ebrahim Raisi vows to “deal decisively” with protests, now spreading to most
of Iran’s 31 provinces
   
After blaming Iranian dissidents of unrest, Revolutionary Guards launch first of several attacks on Iranian militant opposition bases in Kurdish region of northern Iraq

Oct 3: In his first comments on unrest, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backs security forces

Oct 10: Protests spread to energy sector as oil workers demonstrate in three locations

Oct 15: Fire breaks out in Tehran’s Evin prison, where many of Iran’s political detainees are held

Oct 26: Police reportedly fire on protesters gathering in Saqqez to mark 40th day of Amini’s death. 
Crackdown prompts biggest protests since demonstrations erupted

   
Women have been at forefront of protests, waving headscarves, setting them on fire and even cutting their hair in public

 
At least 234 protesters, including 29 children, have been killed by security forces so far, Norway-based Iran Human Rights says


Sources: Reuters, BBC, Iran Human Rights 
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