Iran acknowledges it has detained ‘tens of thousands’ in recent protests

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More than 19,600 people have been arrested during the recent wave of anti-government protests in Iran, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group that

The acknowledgement from the country’s supreme leader follows months of anti-government protests sparked by the death of Masha Amini after her arrest by the country’s morality police.

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