The Iranian city of Isfahan has seen a terrible trend in the past few months: a string of eight acid attacks against women, which in some cases have disfigured or blinded the victims.

Thousands of protesters marched in both Isfahan and Tehran, Iran's capital city, to demand justice for the victims and punishment for their suspected attackers.

The attacks coincided with the passage of a new law, "designed to protect those who correct people acting in an un-Islamic way." Its critics fear it would legitimize the behavior of vigilantes who roam city streets "correcting " people, usually women, who they believe are behaving or dressed immodestly. (The law has been incredibly controversial; even President Hassan Rouhani doesn't support it.)
At least two thousand people protesting the attacks and the new law massed in front of the local judiciary office in Isfahan, while several dozen marched in front of the parliament building in Tehran.