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Iran deploys mounted police in latest bid to supress Mahsa Amini protests

Protesters display placards with the lettering reading 'Women, Life, Freedom' in a rally in support of the demonstrations in Iran, in Berlin, Germany on 22 October, 2022. AFP - JOHN MACDOUGALL

Iran has deployed mounted police in the capital Tehran, in a bid to put an end to more than seven weeks of protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

The theocratic state has been rocked by a protest movement that erupted when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after her arrest for allegedly breaking Iran's strict hijab dress rules for women.

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