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The on Monday denounced the crackdown by Iranian security forces against White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

"We're alarmed and appalled by reports of security authorities' responding to university students' peaceful protests with violence and mass arrests," she told reporters traveling with to Puerto Rico.

The ongoing protests are in response to the death two weeks ago of 22-year-old who was beaten by security forces for wearing an "improper" hijab.

Amini was arrested and died just days later in hospital. Iranians have been outraged by what is seen by many as a tragic, senseless loss of life.Ìý

Jean-Pierre said university students in Iran are "rightly enraged" by her death and that the weekend crackdowns are the type of events that prompt young people in Iran to leave the country "and seek dignity and opportunity elsewhere".

She gave no indication that the crackdown would impact US efforts to resurrect the Iran which then President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018.Ìý

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