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Sep 29, 2022, 6 tweets

#BREAKING Taliban fire into air to disperse women's rally backing Iran protests: AFP journalist

#UPDATE Taliban forces fire shots into the air to disperse a women's rally supporting protests in Iran over the death of a woman in the custody of morality police.

Chanting the "Women, life, freedom!" mantra used in Iran, Afghan women protested outside Iran's embassy in Kabul

"Iran has risen, now it's our turn!"

About 25 Afghan women protested in front of Kabul's Iranian embassy before being dispersed by Taliban forces firing in the air, an AFP correspondent reported.

Full story ➡️ u.afp.com/iorv

Iran on Thursday arrested a reporter who covered the funeral of #MahsaAmini, her lawyer said, the latest of a growing number of journalists to be detained since protests erupted over the young woman's death.
u.afp.com/io9c

#BREAKING Germany to seek EU sanctions on Iran over protests crackdown: foreign minister

#UPDATE Iran stepped up pressure on celebrities and journalists on Thursday over the wave of women-led protests sparked by outrage over the death of 22-year-old #MahsaAmini after she was arrested by the Islamic republic's morality police ▶️ u.afp.com/ioFK

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