DUBAI, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A large disruption successful net work successful Iran was confirmed by the NetBlocks net show connected Monday, raising fears among rights groups of a cut-off successful net entree to assistance crush anti-government unrest successful Kurdish-populated regions.
The nationwide protests, sparked by the decease of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish pistillate Mahsa Amini successful September successful the custody of morality police, person been astatine their astir aggravated successful occidental provinces wherever the bulk of Iran's 10 cardinal Kurds live.
NetBlocks, which tracks connectivity astir the world, tweeted that mobile net was chopped disconnected for galore users successful Iran amid a caller question of protests and reports of casualties.
Several videos shared connected societal media connected Monday showed crowds fleeing unrecorded bullets changeable by information forces, with footage successful the Kurdish-populated metropolis of Javanrud showing radical taking screen down a wall, attending to 1 injured antheral and seeking to retrieve the assemblage of a dormant protester lying connected the street.
Hengaw, a Kurdish Iranian rights group, shared a video connected Monday of information forces being dispatched to the Kurdish cities of Mahabad and Bukan successful dozens of pickups, motorbikes, constabulary cars and 1 airy armoured conveyance painted black.
Reuters could not verify the videos.
Reporting by Dubai Newsroom Editing by David Goodman, William Maclean
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