Iran has detained journalists and celebrities as the death toll from 'ruthless' crackdown on protests climbs.
The warnings came after almost two weeks of protests across Iran and a deadly crackdown that, human rights group Amnesty International says, has been marked by"ruthless violence by security forces."
Iran on Thursday arrested the reporter Elahe Mohammadi, who had covered Amini's funeral, her lawyer said, the latest of a growing number of journalists to be detained. Police have also arrested journalist Niloufar Hamedi of the reformist Shargh daily, who went to the hospital where Amini lay in a coma and helped expose the case to the world.
Some Iranian celebrities were among those reportedly being swept up in the arrests, in addition to a musician and singer named Shervin Hajipour who was little known before the unrest broke out. He posted a video of himself singing a song composed entirely of messages from protest tweets, which garnered tens of millions of views on Instagram beforeA former professional soccer player was also detained over his support for the protests, state media reported.
"We will take action against the celebrities who have fanned the flames of the riots," ISNA news agency quoted him as saying. "Dozens of people, including children, have been killed so far and hundreds injured," said the group's secretary general Agnes Callamard.Iran's Fars news agency has said that"around 60" people had been killed, while the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights has reported a death toll of at least 76 people.
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