TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed on Saturday a new police chief, nearly four months into protests triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death. The Islamic republic has been gripped by unrest since the September 16 death in custody of Iranian Kurdish Amini, 22, following her arrest for allegedly violating the country’s strict dress code for women. Khamenei,
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New top cop General Ahmad-Reza Radan was sanctioned by the US and EU for abuses linked with protests sparked by Iran's contested 2009 presidential elections