Tehran (IP) - In an armed attack on Babol city in the northern province of Mazandaran, two assailants riding on a motorcycle shot people on Thursday night. Two passersby were killed in the attack.

Iran PressIran news: Sporadic unrest and riots were instigated under the pretext of the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian girl who died in Tehran's morality police after being taken for violation of dress codes.

According to Iran's Forensic Medicine Organization, Mahsa died from a sudden heart attack at a police center in Tehran on Tuesday, September 13.

According to the Deputy Governor of Mazandaran Ali Solgi, "the rioters shot dead Hadi Chaksari and Ali Fazeli from behind while they were in an ally and far from the gatherings which were started in the evening on Thursday.

Solgi said the two people martyred were not of the security forces deployed against the riots.

The police have arrested 21 of the unrest leaders.

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