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Protests in Iran have marked 40 days since Mahsa Amini, 22, died in police custody.

Thousands of people gathered at her grave in the city of Saqez and chanted anti-government slogans.

They were met by security forces who used live ammunition and tear gas.

Since Mahsa Amini died, nationwide protests in Iran have seen at least 230 people killed, according to human rights groups, as the government struggles to contain the popular anger.

A group of ten UN independent human rights experts have condemned the official crackdown and called for an investigation. They highlighted alleged arbitrary arrests and detentions, reports of sexual violence, excessive use of force, torture, and enforced disappearances.

Skylar Thompson is a senior advocacy coordinator at Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA), monitors human rights in Iran.

She says that people "are not afraid anymore, they haven't been and we've noticed that, and they want their voices heard, and I think they are going to continue to come to the streets until they know that they've been heard".

(Photo: Photo shows people making their way towards Aychi cemetery in Saqqez. Credit: UCG / AFP)

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