Activists on Sunday expressed alarm that Iran was implementing a major crackdown in a Kurdish-populated city that has seen intense anti-regime protests in the past few days.
More security forces were sent to the city of Mahabad in western Iran, rights groups said, while images and audio files of heavy gunfire and screams were posted online overnight.
Iran's clerical leadership has been shaken by more than two months of protests sparked by the death in custody of Ms Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman of Kurdish origin who had been arrested by the Teheran morality police.
The very first protests took place in Kurdish-populated areas of Iran, including at Ms Amini's funeral in her hometown of Saqez, before spreading nationwide.
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