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The anti-government protests that, over the past two months, swept across Iran began in the country's Kurdish region, close to the border with Iraq.聽

It was the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, that sparked the unrest. She collapsed and died after being arrested by the morality police during a visit to the capital Tehran. She was accused of incorrectly wearing her hijab or headscarf.聽

Kurdish areas remain a focus for the protests and a deadly crackdown by Iran's security forces that has seen hundreds of people killed, and thousands arrested.聽

One young woman in Sanandaj, the second largest city in Iran's Kurdish region, spoke to Newshour.

She is not named and we have dubbed her voice for safety reasons.

"There are thousands of security around our squares, and they're just showing off their fire power hoping to make people scared."

(Photo: A picture of Mahsa Amini displayed during a protest outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, October 31, 2022. Credit: Omer Kuscu via Getty Images)

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