‘We don’t see any future for us,’ says one woman, as crackdowns test protesters’ resolve.
Dozens of workers blocked roads outside an oil plant in support of Anti-government protests that are spreading to a critical industry. The protest movement was ignited by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in custody of the morality police.
A 23-year-old Iranian woman who refused to put on a headscarf was shot in the face by security forces with anti-riot pellets. A divorced mother who faced down police spent five nights in a communal jail cell with 32 other women. A healthcare worker who joined the demonstrations in Tehran fears she could lose her job.