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LOS ANGELES — Standing before her bathroom mirror, Elnaz Rahimpour fluffed her curly hair before braiding the tendrils into four pieces.

“Women, life, liberty.” These words are ringing out on the the streets of every city in Iran, as women come out to tell the repressive enforcers of the Islamic Republic that they have had enough.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Wednesday that the death of a young woman in custody had "saddened" everyone in the Islamic Republic, but warned that "chaos" would not be accepted amid spreading violent protests over Mahsa Amini's death.

A young woman’s death in custody in Iran on September 16 has sparked nationwide protests. Mahsa Amini’s fatal injuries resulted from an arrest and beating by the country’s hijab police, which enforces the mandatory and “correct” way of wearing the hijab. The protesters have caught the world’s attention by chanting…

Activists say Iran's current wave of protests are different from previous unrest

Friday's pro-government demonstrations in Iran show the power of the Islamic Republic, President Ebrahim Raisi said, after days of unrest over the death of a woman detained by the country's morality police.

Iran has experienced waves of discontent in recent years, but this round of protests does not seem to be easing up – instead, Iranians are fighting back against security forces who are violently trying to curb dissent. Protests have escalated since the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that "acts of chaos" are not acceptable, in a warning to protesters who have taken to the streets across the country in fury over the death of a woman in the morality police's custody.

Iranian diplomats burned documents in the early morning on Thursday hours before they were to leave the country after Albania cut diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing the Islamic Republic of an cyberattack in July.