Iranian security forces have opened fire on protesters the day after two Iranian actresses were arrested after publicly removing their headscarves in support of the two-month-long protests against the country's Islamic regime, according to state media.
Heavy gunfire was used against protesters in a Kurdish town in the country's west on Monday, killing at least five during an anti-government protest that erupted at the funeral of two people killed the day before, activists said.
Funerals have often been the scene of renewed protests in recent weeks, as they were during the 1979 Islamic Revolution that brought the clerics to power.
The latest demonstrations mark the biggest challenge to the theocracy in over a decade.
At least 426 people have been killed and more than 17,400 arrested, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group monitoring the unrest. It says at least 55 members of the security forces have been killed.
On Sunday, Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi were arrested within an hour of each other "by the order of the Tehran general and revolutionary prosecutor's office," Irna news agency said.
According to the report, Ms Ghaziani and Ms Riahi are accused of colluding with the intention of acting against the country's security and propaganda against the Iranian regime.
Both women are high-profile and multi-awarding winning actresses.
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