Internet access is being restricted in Iran as violent protests sparked by the death of a woman in police custody spread across the country.
After beginning on Saturday at Ms Amini's funeral in the Kurdish region, protests have engulfed much of the country, prompting confrontations as security forces have sought to suppress them.
Women have waved and burnt their hijabs or headscarves during the protests, with some cutting their hair in public. One shows a man scaling the facade of the town hall in the northern city of Sari and tearing down an image of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who founded the Islamic republic after the 1979 revolution.The ABC could not verify the authenticity of the videos.State media and officials have depicted the unrest as riots carried out by "anti-revolutionary elements".
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