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Violence saying democracy itself will be on the ballot paper in next weeks midterm elections. Mr biden accused the former President Donald Trump and his supporters of undermining democracy and fuelling anger and violence. It has just it hasjust gone it has just gone to 30 am here on bbc news. Now on bbc news, iran women rising. Chanting the death of a young kurdish woman in iran has sparked unprecedented protest across the country. The Security Forces have cracked down but, weeks on, there is no sign of the protesters backing down. Some of the biggest demonstration so far took place a0 days af...

violence" — saying democracy itself will be on the ballot paper in next week's midterm elections. mr biden accused the former president — donald trump — and his supporters of undermining democracy and fuelling anger and violence. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone to 30 am here on bbc news. now on bbc news, iran: women rising. chanting the death of a young kurdish woman in iran has sparked unprecedented protest across the country. the security forces have cracked down but, weeks on, there is no sign of the protesters backing down. some of the biggest demonstration so ...

At least 20 of them have been teenagers. another of the victims was nika shahkarami. singing nika was 16. here, she is singing for herfriends. after the death of mahsa, shejoined a protest the last message she sent to herfriends was, "i'm running. "i am being chased by security forces." then she disappeared. ten days later, her mother found her body in a morgue. herfamily planned to bury her in their hometown of khorramabad in western iran. the funeral fell on her 17th birthday. nika's mother gathered with thousands of people in the cemetery for her burial.

But her body never arrived. as news filtered through, mourners in the cemetery were enraged and started chanting, "death to the dictator!" security forces responded with tear gas, batons and shots. nika's aunt and uncle were taken into custody for publicising her death. the authorities insisted that nika was not killed in the protest, and the cause of her death was falling from a height. to prove this, nika's grieving aunt was filmed explaining how nika fell from a building. it was shown on state tv.

State tv has a history of broadcasting forced confessions of political prisoners, gained under prisoners gained under pressure and torture. bbc persian obtained video showing a young girl burning her headscarf in the exact location from where nika last called herfriend. her family confirmed the girl in the video was nika. despite threats and intimidation, nika's mother, in a video, refuted the authorities�* account of nika's death.