Iran’s Fars news agency reported on Thursday that two people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters in the city of Lordegan, in the province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and three in Azna, in neighbouring Lorestan province. State television reported earlier that a member of Iran’s security forces was killed overnight during protests in the western city of Kouhdasht.
The protests have affected 15 cities, largely in the west of the country, according to reporting in Iranian media. The demonstrations are smaller than the last major incident in 2022, triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly violating Iran’s strict dress code for women. Her death sparked a nationwide wave of anger that left several hundred people dead including dozens of members of the security forces.
