Joe Biden's appreciation for Iran's ‘courageous’ girls amid hijab protests: 5 factors | World News

With at the least eight individuals being killed in huge protests in Iran that sparked following the demise of a lady in police custody, US President Joe Biden vowed solidarity with Iranian girls on Wednesday throughout his speech on the United Nations.

Listed here are the highest 5 updates on protests in Iran and what Joe Biden stated:

1. Addressing UN after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Joe Biden appreciated the protesters saying, “Right this moment we stand with the courageous residents and the courageous girls of Iran who proper now are demonstrating to safe their primary rights.”
2. Protests flared in Iran after the demise of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested by the nation's morality police for allegedly carrying a hijab headband in an "improper" approach.

3. Amini died owing to a deadly blow to her head, a declare that Iranian authorities have denied.

4. In protests which have seen important presence of girls, demonstrators have defiantly taken off their hijabs and burned them in bonfires or symbolically lower their hair.

5. Web providers have been severely disrupted across the nation, AFP reported. Iranian state media reported that road rallies had unfold to fifteen cities, with police utilizing tear fuel and making arrests to disperse crowds of as much as 1,000 individuals.