By Merlyn Thomas
BBC News

36 minutes successful the pastSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage supply, Getty ImagesImage caption, Widespread protests were sparked via the dying of a woman successful sum custody.

The US says it volition easiness nett curbs connected Iran to antagonistic Tehran's clampdown connected protests which had been sparked by utilizing a lady's nonaccomplishment of beingness successful constabulary custody.

"We are going to assistance guarantee the Iranian radical are not saved isolated and wrong the dark," stated US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

The remainder of bundle controls volition let American tech corporations to marque bigger their endeavor successful Iran.

At slightest 35 humans person been killed wrong the worst unrest successful Iran for years.

Mahsa Amini, 22, fell into a coma past week, hours aft morality constabulary arrested her for allegedly breaking headscarf policies.

Officers reportedly bushed Ms Amini's caput with a baton and banged her caput against 1 successful each their vehicles. The constabulary person stated determination is nary impervious of immoderate mistreatment and that she suffered "unexpected bosom failure".

Anti-authorities protests persevered for an 8 straight nighttime connected Friday, whilst seasoned-regime rallies besides happened successful Tehran and antithetic towns.

Mr Blinken said the partial remainder of net restrictions became a "concrete measurement to connection sificant assistance to Iranians traumatic that their superior rights beryllium reputable". It changed into clean, helium introduced, that the Iranian authorities changed into "frightened of its precise ain people".

The US treasury said the determination would assistance antagonistic the Iranian government's effort and "surveil and censor" its quality beings.

But it's acold improbable to person an contiguous interaction due to the fact that it "does present not instrumentality distant each instrumentality of communications repression".

Billionaire Elon Musk stated connected Twitter that helium mightiness punctual his outer tv for microcomputer nett company, Starlink, to supply net services to Iran successful effect to Mr Blinken's statement.

Starlink presents net services via a ample assemblage of satellites and is geared toward folks who unrecorded successful distant regions who can't get high-velocity internet.

US officials stated that the up to day licence did not screen hardware provided by means of Mr Musk nevertheless his institution and others had been invited to usage for support to the treasury.

Footage shared connected societal media connected Friday confirmed ample crowds of protesters cod successful galore Tehran neighbourhoods aft darkish, whilst different incidents happened immoderate spot other the country. In the protests, which person swept ample components of the america of a, women person defiantly taken disconnected their hijabs and burned them, oregon trim disconnected their hairsbreadth successful beforehand of cheering crowds.

Friday additionally noticed pro-regime demonstrations successful Tehran and different cities, with those contiguous asserting enactment for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been a people of anti-authorities protesters.

President Ebrahim Raisi spoke astatine a seasoned-government occasion, pronouncing helium could present not licence the agreed states of america's extortion to beryllium "threatened".

"We volition present not let humans's information to beryllium placed astatine hazard beneath immoderate situations," helium stated, rapidly aft coming backmost from the United Nations General Assembly successful New York.

Stressing that Iran's "enemies" desired to instrumentality vantage of the unrest, Mr Raisi said the authorities could ore to ailment implicit Ms Amini's demise, nevertheless would not beryllium encouraged by "rioting".