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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Children Caught Up in Iran Demos Face 'Psychological Centers'

File Photo: Thousands showed their support for Iranian protesters standing up to their leadership over the death of a young woman in police custody, during a demonstration in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dozens of Iranian children have been killed and hundreds detained after being caught up in protests over Mahsa Amini's death, some of them even ending up in "psychological centers", it has emerged.

Iran has been rocked by nearly a month of demonstrations driven by public outrage over Amini's death after the morality police arrested her for an alleged breach of the Iranian republic's strict dress code for women, said AFP.

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