JEDDAH: A wave of unrest within Iran crossed international borders on Thursday to further isolate the Tehran regime.
Taliban forces in Afghanistan opened fire in the air to disperse a women's demonstration in support of an Iranian protest held in front of the Iranian embassy in Kabul.
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Protesters chanted the Iranian phrase "Women, Life, Freedom" and carried banners "Iran has risen, it's our turn" and "From Kabul to Iran, say no to dictatorship." Banners were snatched and torn down in front of protesters by Taliban forces.
One of the organizers of the protest said the demonstration was organized "to show our support and solidarity with the people of Iran and the victims of the Taliban in Afghanistan."
At a protest in front of the Iranian embassy in Oslo, Norway, clashes resulted in 90 arrests and two injuries. Several dozen protesters attempted to enter the embassy compound, some of whom were wearing Kurdish flags.
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The protests took place on the day Iran launched missile and drone strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan, killing 13 people. Tehran accused Kurdish dissidents of instigating two weeks of demonstrations in Iran that began after the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was arrested by ethics police.
Amini was taken into custody while he and his family were on a trip to Tehran. She was accused of "insufficient modesty" about the way she was wearing her hijab.
Protests were violently suppressed by security forces in Iran, using tear gas, batons, sparrows and ammunition, killing at least 76 people.
In response to Iran's treatment of protesters, Germany's foreign minister on Thursday urged the European Union to impose additional sanctions on that country.
Annalena Berbock told the German parliament: "The Iranian authorities must immediately stop their brutal treatment of the protesters.
She promised to do everything possible, within EU standards, to impose sanctions against those responsible for Iran's oppression of women.
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In response to "new large-scale abuses of women's rights and human rights in Iran", France's foreign ministry has said it will support the sanctions.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell promised that the organization would "consider all options at its disposal ... to discuss the killing of Mahsa Amini and the way Iranian security forces handled the protests."
The Iranian government issued a warning to well-known athletes and entertainers not to continue supporting the demonstrations. Tehran's provincial governor, Mohsin Mansouri, said: "We will take action against the personalities who fueled the riots."
Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi urged people to "stand in solidarity" with the protesters, and former TV host Mahmood Shahriari has already been detained for "encouraging riots and in solidarity with the enemy". They claimed that they were demanding basic but straightforward rights, which the government had denied them.