<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Iranian defind a warning from the judiciary and took to the streets for a 10th consecutive night Sunday to protest the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.</b></span><br></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Echoing an earlier warning by President Ebrahim Raisi, judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on Sunday "emphasised the need for decisive action without leniency" against the core instigators of the "riots", the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At least 41 people have died since the unrest began, mostly protesters but including members of the Islamic republic's security forces, according to an official toll. Other sources say the real figure is higher.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iran's largest protests in almost three years have seen security forces fire live rounds and bird shot, rights groups charge, while protesters have hurled rocks, torched police cars and set ablaze state buildings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Oslo-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) on Sunday evening said the death toll was at least 57, but noted that ongoing internet blackouts made it increasingly difficult to confirm fatalities in a context where the women-led protests have spread to scores of cities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hundreds of demonstrators, reformist activists and journalists have been arrested during the mostly night-time demonstrations since unrest first broke out after Amini's death was announced on September 16.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Amini, whose Kurdish first name was Jhina, was detained three days before that for allegedly breaching rules mandating tightly-fitted hijab head coverings and which ban, among other things, ripped jeans and brightly coloured clothes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Images circulated by IHR showed protesters on the streets of Tehran, shouting "death to the dictator", purportedly after nightfall on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Witnesses told AFP that protests were continuing in several locations. Video footage showed demonstrations in Tabriz and Shiraz, among other places, with women removing their headscarves and protesters shouting against the authorities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>- 'Rolling blackouts' -</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Among the protesters were women who burnt their hijabs and cut off their hair. Some danced near large bonfires to the applause of crowds that have chanted "zan, zendegi, azadi" or "woman, life, freedom".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Video of demonstrations on Saturday, verified by AFP, showed students ripping down a picture of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside a university in the northern province of Mazandaran.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Web monitor NetBlocks noted "rolling blackouts" and "widespread internet platform restrictions" on Sunday, with WhatsApp, Instagram and Skype already blocked.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This followed older bans on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Telegram.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Protests abroad in solidarity with Iranian women have been held in Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Istanbul, Madrid, New York and other cities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Paris and London on Sunday, police clashed with demonstrators trying to reach Iran's embassies. French officers fired tear gas. In London, 12 people were arrested and five officers seriously hurt, police there said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell deplored the Iranian security forces' response to the unrest as "disproportionate... unjustifiable and unacceptable".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iran, which has been hit with tough economic sanctions over its nuclear programme, has blamed "foreign plots" for the unrest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iran's foreign ministry said Sunday it had summoned Britain's ambassador over what it described as an "invitation to riots" by Farsi-speaking media based in London.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ministry also called in Norway's envoy over "unconstructive comments" made by his country's parliamentary speaker.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Amir-Abdollahian criticised "the US interventionist approach in the affairs of Iran... including its provocative actions in supporting the rioters".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>- Pro-government rallies -</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iran has also organised large rallies in defence of the hijab and conservative values.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the main pro-government event held Sunday in central Tehran's Enghelab (Revolution) Square, demonstrators voiced support for mandatory hijab laws.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Martyrs died so that this hijab will be on our head," said demonstrator Nafiseh, 28, adding that she opposed making the wearing of the head covering voluntary.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another demonstrator, 21-year-old student Atyieh, called for "strong action against the people who are leading" the protests.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main reformist group inside Iran, the Union of Islamic Iran People's Party, however, has called for the repeal of the mandatory dress code.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">IHR reported on Sunday that an umbrella of Iranian teachers' unions were calling on teachers and students to boycott classes on Monday and Wednesday in support of the protests.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Iranian authorities have yet to state the cause of death of Amini, who activists say died as a result of a blow to the head.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said Amini was not beaten and that "we must wait for the final opinion of the medical examiner". 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