Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iran's Kurdistan province, fell into a coma and died following her arrest in Tehran last week by the morality police, sparking demonstrations in numerous areas including the capital.
The Hengaw Human Rights Organization tweeted that two people were killed as security forces opened fire on protesters in the Kurdish city of Saqez—Amini's hometown—then two more were killed in the town of Divandarreh, while a fifth was killed in Dehgolan.
The police have said Amini fell ill as she waited with other women held by the morality police, who enforce strict rules in the Islamic republic requiring women to cover their hair and wear loose fitting clothes in public.
But her father has repeatedly said his daughter had no health problems, adding that she had suffered bruises to her legs, so he holds the police responsible for her death.
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