Security forces in Iran extended their crackdown against protesters across the country as demonstrations aimed at bringing down the government enter a fifth week with little sign of abating.
Social media footage showed violent clashes in the northwestern city of Ardabil, which have gained in intensity since unconfirmed reports that a young girl was killed Thursday after plainclothes officers stormed her school. The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency denied reports of the killing in Ardabil on Thursday, citing a police statement. Bloomberg couldn’t substantiate the reports or verify the footage of Saturday’s protest.
In another unverified video from the city of Karaj, west of Iran’s capital Tehran, a woman is seen being forced into a passenger car by plainclothes guards as they point their guns to disperse a jeering crowd.
