Amini died after being arrested by the country's morality police for wearing her hijab incorrectly.
Iranian state media reported on Wednesday that, in a fifth night of street rallies that had spread to 15 cities in that country, police used tear gas and made arrests to disperse crowds of up to 1,000 people.
London-based rights group Article 19 said it was"deeply concerned by reports of the unlawful use of force by Iranian police and security forces" including the use of live ammunition. Demonstrators hurled stones at security forces, set fire to police vehicles and garbage bins and chanted anti-government slogans, the official IRNA news agency said, adding that rallies were held in cities including Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan and Shiraz.
"Death to the dictator" and"Woman, life, freedom," protesters could be heard shouting in video footage that spread beyond Iran, despite online restrictions reported by internet access monitor Netblocks. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke publicly on Wednesday, but without mentioning the spreading unrest.
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