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Dozens of protesters injured in Iran as security forces continue crackdown
A woman takes part in the ‘March for Freedom’ in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, November 5, 2022

DOZENS of protesters were injured on Sunday as Iranian security forces continued their crackdown on protest in the country.

Hundreds had gathered in the Iranian capital Tehran to protest the killing of yet another Kurdish woman at the hands of the authorities. 

The latest attack on protesters comes days after 16 were gunned down in the Baluchi area in south-east Iran by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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