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Iran escalates brutal crackdown on protesters

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    STORY: Shouting “Women, Live, Freedom,” a group of women wore masks while other protesters carried placards and waved Kurdish flags. Many who spoke to Reuters spoke of the courage of the Iranian protesters in the face of an oppressive regime. “We have hope, but at the same time we know that it is very difficult. It is difficult and it takes time. But this time the people have nothing to lose. They have put their lives in danger,” said a writer who gave her name Zara . Iranian activist Fariba Amirkhizi, who is now a refugee in Belgium, said the women in Iran are on the front lines of the protests because Iran is an anti-women regime, “which built its power on the body of Demonstrations in Iran that On September 17 at the funeral of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman who died in police custody, has become the biggest challenges for Iran’s spiritual leaders in years, with protesters calling for the fall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.