Two of the people were killed as security forces opened fire on protesters in the Kurdish city of Saqez,Amini’s hometown,the Hengaw Human Rights Organisation said on Twitter.
It said two more were killed in the town of Divandarreh “by direct fire” from security forces,and a fifth was killed in Dehgolan,also in the Kurdish region.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports.
The semiofficial Fars news agency said students in many Tehran universities gathered in protest,demanding an investigation into the death of Mahsa Amini and the dismantling of the morality police,who were holding her when she died.
Witnesses said demonstrators poured into Keshavarz Boulevard,a central thoroughfare,chanting “Death to the Dictator.” They also chanted against the police and damaged a police vehicle. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.
Late on Monday,Associated Press reporters saw torched trash bins and rocks strewn across some downtown intersections as the smell of tear gas hovered in the air. Police closed roads leading to the central Vali-e Asr square. Plainclothes security forces and groups of riot police could be seen throughout the area,and mobile internet service was down in central Tehran.
Dozens of protesters on motorbikes briefly appeared at a couple of junctions,where they overturned trash cans and chanted against authorities before speeding off.