One person died on Tuesday and four police officers were injured during anti-government protests in Iran, according to reports.

The official IRNA news agency said that a “police assistant” died from their injuries in the southern city of Shiraz and 15 people were arrested.

“On Tuesday evening some people clashed with police officers and as a result one of the police assistants was killed,” IRNA said. “In this incident four other police officers were injured in Shiraz.”

Protests have been held across Iran since a 22-year-old woman died after she was arrested by the morality police in Tehran and accused of violating strict hijab rules.

Officials said that Mahsa Amini had a heart attack and was taken to hospital, but her family blame the police for her death, and reports say that she was beaten with batons and suffered a brain injury.

At protest in the northern city of Sari crowds cheered as women set fire to their headscarves. Demonstrations also took place in Istanbul, Toronto and Berlin in solidarity with Iranian protesters and Ms Amini’s family.

Earlier, three people, including a boy of 16, were killed in protests in Iran. One person was killed when security forces opened fire on protesters in Ms Amini’s home city of Saqez on Monday; another died and 15 others were injured in Divandarreh from “direct fire”, according to the Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights; and a third person was killed in Dehgolan in clashes between police and protesters.

Related posts:

All American adults will be eligible for a vaccine by 1 May, Biden says AstraZeneca defends vaccine as Thailand joins countries to suspend jabs over blood clot fears Ryanair offers expenses-paid trips across Europe (for something in return) What is Sharia law and how has the Taliban interpreted it? ‘We know who the enemy is’: On the frontline of a forgotten war back at the top of diplomatic agenda ‘Cowardly and weak’: Navratilova hits out at Australian Open ban on Peng Shuai T-shirts UAE intercepts two ballistic missiles targeting Abu Dhabi West getting ready for the worst as prospect of Russian invasion grows IS ‘Beatle’ jailed for life for his role in killings of Western hostages Hope ‘sweeps through’ Australia’s renewables industry but coal remains a major export ‘It cannot be tolerated’: North Korea warned after firing volley of missiles 50 feared dead as gunmen attack Catholic church in Nigeria