Amini ‘riots’ pave way for attacks
Iran's president yesterday claimed "riots" sparked by Mahsa Amini's death paved the way for "terrorist" attacks, a day after a gunman killed at least 15 people at a Muslim shrine.
The bloody attack in the southern city of Shiraz came as thousands of mourners paid tribute to Amini on Wednesday in her western hometown, 40 days after her death in police custody.
President Ebrahim Raisi appeared to link the two tragedies yesterday, declaring that "the intention of the enemy is to disrupt the country's progress, and then these riots pave the ground for terrorist acts".
Raisi vowed "a severe response" over the mass killing at the Shia Muslim Shah Cheragh mausoleum during evening prayers -- an attack that was claimed by the Sunni extremist group Islamic State.
Nearly six weeks after Amini's death, demonstrations show no signs of ending, fuelled by outrage over a crackdown that has claimed the lives of other young women and girls.
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