Iranian Guard chief warns protesters

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning Saturday to anti-government protesters, even as demonstrations continued in cities and university campuses across the country for the sixth straight week.

Authorities reported Saturday that the gunman who killed 15 people last week at Shah Cheragh in Shiraz, Iran’s second-holiest Shiite shrine, died in a hospital from injuries suffered during his arrest. Tehran has not disclosed details about the gunman.

The militant Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the shooting. But Iran’s government has tried to blame the attack on the protests roiling the country, without offering evidence. Amaq, the militant group’s media arm, released a video Saturday that purportedly shows the Shiraz attacker pledging allegiance to the group.

The nationwide unrest — sparked by the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality police — has rocked the Islamic Republic for more than one month. Amini died after being detained for allegedly violating the country’s strict Islamic dress code for women.

At the funeral for victims of the mass shooting in Shiraz, Revolutionary Guard chief Gen. Hossein Salami appealed to Iranians to stop protesting.

“Today is the end of the riots. Do not go to the streets anymore!” Salami said Saturday.

Despite the threat, student associations reported Saturday protests at dozens of universities across the country Saturday.

A court in Tehran heard Saturday the case of several protesters charged with “corruption on earth.” Judicial officials have announced charges against hundreds of people in Tehran and other provinces as they seek to quash dissent.