Iranian government imposes Internet blackout to curb protests

Tehran Youth, presumed to be a group of young activists who have taken the lead in current protests issued the call for Wednesday’s nationwide protests after security forces used military weapons against protesters in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj earlier this week. Protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman who died in the custody of the hijab police, started in her hometown Saqqez and capital but soon spread all over Iran.