FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator shouts slogans while holding up a sign during a protest in solidarity with women in Iran following the death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, in central Istanbul, Turkey September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian authorities and a Kurdish rights group reported rising death tolls on Wednesday as anger at the death of a woman detained by the morality police fuelled protests for a fifth day and fresh restrictions were placed on social media.
Iranian media and a local prosecutor said four people were killed in the last two days, bringing the total death toll according to official sources to eight, including a member of the police and a pro-government militia member.
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