Paris - (AFP) - Iranian security forces fired bullets and tear gas on Wednesday during demonstrations protesting the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest, which were violently suppressed and, according to human rights organizations, resulted in more than 100 deaths, including children.

The 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died on September 16, three days after she was arrested by the morality police in Tehran for violating the strict women's dress code in the Islamic Republic.

Her death led to a wave of protests in Iran and solidarity marches abroad.

On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his "admiration" for the "women" and "youth" who are demonstrating in Iran.

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie, in a tweet on Wednesday, condemned "the continued use of violence against demonstrators by the Iranian regime, which led to the killing of citizens, especially children," and called on Tehran to "put an end to its aggression."

Iranian authorities say that Mahsa Amini died of illness, not of "beating", as stated in a medical report rejected by her father. A relative confirmed that she died after receiving a "violent blow to the head".

In a sign of defiance, young women, students and schoolgirls took off their headscarves and confronted the security forces, with the launch of the largest protest movement since the 2019 demonstrations against the rise in oil prices.

Iranian men and women again took to the streets on Wednesday to express their anger.

In video recordings released by the Oslo-based Iranian Human Rights Organization and the Norwegian-based Kurdish rights group Hengau, the demonstrators' chants are punctuated by gunfire in Isfahan, Karaj and the town of Mahsa Amini Saqqez in northwestern Kurdistan.

In Tehran, students without headscarves marched through a street chanting "Death to the dictator," according to a video verified by AFP.

Also in the Iranian capital, security forces fired tear gas to disperse a demonstration by lawyers chanting "a woman, a life of freedom," as shown in another video recorded by the Iranian Human Rights Organization.

Iran's reformist newspaper Al-Sharq reported that at least three lawyers had been arrested.

The official Iranian News Agency (IRNA) reported that demonstrations took place in some parts of the capital, including at Tehran University. She added that the security forces intervened "to restore order without resorting to violence."

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, once again accused Iran's "enemies" of fueling the "riots". On October 3, Khamenei made similar accusations against the United States and Israel.

The Supreme Leader said Wednesday that "the recent riots are not a spontaneous internal matter. The propaganda bombing, the intellectual influence, the excitement, and actions such as teaching how to make Molotov cocktails (...) are clearly done by the enemy."

Since September 16, at least 108 people have been killed in the crackdown on protests, according to the Iranian Human Rights Organization. Hundreds of people were also arrested.

And the repression seems harsh, especially in Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdistan province, where the authorities used, according to government organizations, heavy weapons in specific neighborhoods.

And in a post posted on social networks despite the restrictions imposed on the use of the Internet, "Be the voice of Sanandaj." Shops remained closed in the city.

"The international community must prevent more killings in Kurdistan," said the director of the Iranian Human Rights Organization, Mahmoud Amiri Moghaddam.

On the other hand, a call was made to demonstrate "in solidarity with the heroic people of Zahedan", the capital of Sistan-Baluchestan Province (southeast), where the security forces killed, according to the organization itself, 93 people in acts of violence that erupted on September 30 during protests that erupted following information. About the rape of a young girl by a policeman.

The Iranian Society for the Protection of Children's Rights reported that at least 28 children were killed, "most of them in the deprived province of Sistan-Baluchestan" during the suppression of demonstrations.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it was "very concerned" about the information about "the killing, wounding and arrest of children and adolescents." But Iranian Education Minister Youssef Nouri denied that any students had been imprisoned.

On Monday, the protests spread to the oil sector, with strikes and gatherings in a number of cities, according to the Iranian Human Rights Organization.

After the United States, Canada and other Western countries, diplomatic sources said that the 27 member states of the European Union agreed to punish Iranian officials involved in the campaign.

For its part, Washington said it is working to secure free access to the Internet for Iranians.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Wendy Sherman, the second figure in US diplomacy, held video consultations on Wednesday with about twenty large technology companies.

Price said Sherman "reaffirmed the United States' commitment to allowing the free flow of information around the world, particularly to sanctioned countries, including Iran."