Iranian security forces use tear gas scatter crowds demonstrators protesting country's mandatory hijab law
Iranian security forces use tear gas to scatter crowds of demonstrators protesting the country's mandatory hijab law. Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi is insisting the government must react firmly to the widespread protests across the country over the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of the regime's morality police. Demonstrations have spread to at least 133 cities in the country. Video on social media showed protesters torching a statue of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad Friday, as they chanted slogans against him and the government. Other videos showed protesters in multiple cities, including the capital Tehran, setting fire to Khamenei's portrait. Raisi, who returned several days ago from a trip to the United Nations in New York, was reported by Iranian media to have told the family of a regime supporter killed in the protests that "the government must react decisively again...