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Thousands have been protesting across Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini earlier this month, after she died in custody following her arrest on September 13 in Tehran for \u201cunsuitable attire\u201d by the morality police who enforce the Islamic Republic\u2019s strict dress code.<\/p>\n
Iran Human Rights (IHR), a monitoring group based in Oslo, Norway, said Monday at least 76 protesters have been killed by security forces so far. <\/p>\n
According to IHR, in many cases, handing over the bodies of the victims to their families was made contingent on agreeing to secret burials. <\/p>\n
Iran Wire said Tueday at least 2,000 protesters have been arrested in Tehran alone over the past ten days, Iranian media reported.<\/p>\n
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday that authorities in Iran must fully respect the rights of protesters calling for justice for Mahsa Amini, the young woman who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly violating strict dress codes. <\/p>\n
The UN chief said he was becoming \u201cincreasingly concerned\u201d about reports of the death toll rising, \u201cincluding women and children.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giorgia Meloni, who is set to become Italy\u2019s first female prime minister, hailed on Wednesday \u201cthe heroic uprising of Iranian women\u201d following the death of the young woman in police custody.<\/p>\n
The leader of the German Greens, a junior partner in the coalition government, said Wednesday that the EU must widen sanctions against Iran following protests over a young woman\u2019s death, according to a Sputnik report.<\/p>\n
Omid Nouripour, who is of Iranian descent, told German magazine Spiegel that his predecessor and the current foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, was negotiating sanctions with EU members \u201cso that they hit the regime directly,\u201d the Russia based news agency said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe EU must widen its sanctions against Iran. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, those responsible for the crackdown on protests should be targeted individually and regardless of their rank,\u201d Nouripour, a member of the federal parliament, said.<\/p>\n