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Iran arrests foreign nationals linked to Mahsa Amini protests

File photo taken September 19, 2022 of a police motorcycle burning during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini in custody. © WANA news agency via Reuters

Iran said Friday that nine foreigners were arrested during deadly street protests sparked by the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, as demonstrations across the country entered a third week amid gunfire.

Iran's intelligence ministry said "nine foreign nationals from Germany, Poland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, etc. were arrested at or behind the scene of riots", along with 256 members of outlawed opposition groups.

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