Pro-government rallies held in Iran amid mass protests


              A pro-government demonstrator holds a picture of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while attending a rally after the Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              Iranian pro-government demonstrators attend a rally after their Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              Iranian pro-government demonstrators attend a rally after their Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              A pro-government demonstrator holds a picture of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while attending a rally after the Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              Iranian pro-government demonstrators attend a rally after their Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              Iranian pro-government demonstrators attend a rally after their Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              A poster of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is held by pro-government demonstrators while attening a rally after their Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              Iranian pro-government demonstrators attend a rally after their Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              Iranian pro-government demonstrators attend a rally after their Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              Iranian pro-government demonstrators chant slogans while attending a rally after their Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            
              A pro-government demonstrator holds a poster of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini while attending a rally after the Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
            An Iranian pro-government demonstrator holds a poster of the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone attack in 2020, in a rally after the Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody as they hold Iranian flags and in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Iranian pro-government demonstrators attend a rally after their Friday prayers to condemn recent anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. drone attack in 2020, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The crisis unfolding in Iran began as a public outpouring over the the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman from a northwestern Kurdish town who was arrested by the country's morality police in Tehran last week for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)