There has been a popular uprising that has spread to dozens of cities in Iran since the murder of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini on September 16 by the morality police in Tehran.

Despite government bans on means of communication, images of the protests are widely circulated through social media. Activists can make their voices heard over social media, albeit partially.

Images show that people took to the streets and set up barricades in the East Kurdistan cities of Pîranşar, Serdeşt, Bokan, Mahabad, Sine, Seqîz, Merîwan, Dêwlan, Kamyaran, Dîwandere, Pawe, Ciwanro, Kirmanşan, Îlam and Urmiye on Sunday.

There have been heavy attacks by the state forces especially in Mahabad in recent days. The regime forces deployed reinforcements to the city where tanks were also used against the protestors.

It is reported that the state forces killed at least 8 people on Sunday in Sine, Ciwanro, Piranşar, Merîwan and Dêwlan.

Gunfire is frequently heard in videos about Ciwanro, as protestors helped many injured people lie down on the ground. It is reported that heavy weapons were used against the activists in the city. It is further reported that at least two people were killed and many injured in Ciwanro.

In the same city, protestors are heard saying “Kurd, Baloch, Azeri, freedom and equality” at a funeral ceremony attended by thousands of people.

On Monday (Nov. 21), the attacks by the state continued in many cities. Images showed that the state forces attacked the people in Piranşar. Also, thousands of people attended the funeral of 16-year-old Karwan Qader Shukri who was murdered by the state forces on Sunday night.

Hundreds of people took to the streets to commemorate an activist named Sina Naderi 40 days after she was killed in Kirmaşan.

In the village of Baweriz in Sine, people took to the streets on Sunday night, chanting the slogan "Mahabad is not alone".

In the city of Dehgulan, the protestors chanted the slogan "Martyrs do not die" at the funeral of an activist named Muhsen Niazi. The protests continued until the morning hours.

According to local sources, Iranian state forces killed at least 30 people in East Kurdistan last week.

The protests continued in dozens of Iranian cities, especially Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz.

Meanwhile, the number of people who have been sentenced to death for participating in the protests has increased to 6.

According to Iran's Human Rights Organization, at least 378 people, including 43 children, have been murdered since September 16. The actual death toll is estimated to be much higher. Tens of thousands of people have also been arrested.