While women and school girls are leading the Iran protests, others across society are joining their ranks — including the Iranian men’s soccer team who held their own silent protest before a game in Austria last week.
. But the protests that have engulfed the nation for weeks are also attracting support from across society as they evolve into a sustained anti-government movement.
Instead, male and female students were seen marching on campus grounds or gathered in crowds, with some heard chanting “Women, life, freedom,” in protests against the government and its violent crackdown on weeks of rallies triggered by the death of Amini last month, according to video posted on social media and reviewed by NBC News.
Police deny allegations that Amini was beaten and insist that she died after suffering a heart attack. Iranian President, a hard-liner, has since ordered an investigation into her death and said he offered his condolences to her family. Her family denies that she had a pre-existing condition and says witnesses told them she had been beaten by police.
Analysts say that these signs of a broader movement could prove a potent force that would be harder for the government to quash.
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