World rallies in solidarity with Iran protests over Mahsa Amini death

--Iranians around the world have gathered in solidarity with protests over the death of Mahsa Amini.

--Amini died days after she was arrested by the morality police.

--She was held for allegedly failing to observe the strict dress code of the Islamic republic.

Iranians based abroad and their supporters gathered in cities around the world on Saturday in solidarity with protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's notorious morality police.

A wave of street violence has rocked Iran since Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died days after her arrest by the morality police for allegedly failing to observe the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women.

Protests were held across Iran for a 15th consecutive night on Friday, despite a bloody crackdown that a rights group says has claimed more than 80 lives.

"Woman, life, freedom" and "Death to the dictator", they chanted in the streets of Amini's hometown of Saqqez, in Kurdistan province.

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