Ten days after 22yo Mahsa Amini died in custody after being arrested by morality police for “improper” dress, violent clashes between authorities and protestors who are angry about her death and issues like Iran’s flailing economy, political repression and corruption have left at least 41 people dead. The unrest has spread across 80 cities where demonstrators are chanting “women, life and freedom” and “death to the dictator”. That refers to Iran’s hardline Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who helped found the Islamic Republic in 1979 when the nation’s strict laws were introduced. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has pledged to “deal decisively” with the protests while insisting that Amini was not beaten by police. Meanwhile, Aussies gathered in Melbourne, Canberra and Perth to support the protestors.