Iran's security forces out in force a year after Mahsa Amini's death
(Reuters) -Iranian security forces briefly detained the father of Mahsa Amini on Saturday and spread across mainly Kurdish areas of the country, a year after her death in police custody set off some of the biggest protests since the fall of the Shah in 1979.
State-affiliated media reported arrests of several «counter revolutionaries» and «terrorists» in different Iranian cities and said security forces had foiled plots to create disturbances around illegal demonstrations.
The death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman arrested by the morality police last year for allegedly flouting mandatory dress codes, triggered months of some of the biggest protests against the Islamic Republic's Shi'ite clerical rule ever seen and drew international condemnation.
On Saturday, the first anniversary of her death, a massive security force presence was deployed in Iran's mostly Kurdish areas in anticipation of unrest, according to human rights groups.
In Amini's home town of Saqez, in northwestern Iran, the semi-official Fars news agency reported that police using a pellet gun shot had seriously injured a man who «ignored a police warning». It said the man was in an intensive care ward after undergoing an operation but provided no more detail.
Footage on social media showed apparent protests in areas including Gohardasht, a neighbourhood of the city of Karaj west of the capital Tehran, and in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
One video posted on social media showed a group of demonstrators in Gohardasht chanting «We are a great nation, and will take back Iran» while drivers honked their horns and shouted encouragement. Reuters could not immediately authenticate the video.
Mahsa's father, Amjad Amini, was warned against
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