Sulaimaniya: Anti-government protests took place in many places on Saturday Iran The most sustained protest in years entered their fourth week against a deeply rooted theocracy. At least two people died. The marchers raised anti-government slogans and wore headscarves in defiance of the blatant religious dress code. In some areas, traders closed shops for a commercial strike or in response to activists’ calls to protect their wares from damage.
Protests broke out on September 17 after the 22-year-old was buried mahsa amini, a Kurdish woman who died in the custody of Iran’s feared morality police. Amini was detained for alleged violation of the strict Islamic dress code for women. Since then, the protests have spread across the country and faced a gruesome crackdown that is estimated to have killed dozens and arrested hundreds.
in the city of Sanandji A man was shot dead while driving a car on a major road in the Kurdish-majority northern region on Saturday, rights monitors said. The French-based Kurdistan Human Rights Network and the Hango Organization for Human Rights said the man was shot after paying respect to security forces stationed on the street. Honking has become one of the ways activists have been expressing civil disobedience. Videos circulating online showed the slain man slipping on the steering wheel as distraught witnesses shouted for help.
The semi-official Fars news agency, which is believed to be close to the elite paramilitary force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, said Kurdistan’s police chief denied reports of live rounds being used against protesters.
Fars claimed that people in Sanandaj’s Pasdaran Street said the victim was shot from inside the car without giving any further details. But photos of the dead man indicate that he was shot from his left side, meaning he was not shot from inside the car. Inside the door, blood could be seen bleeding from the driver’s side.
Rights monitors said a second demonstrator was killed and 10 were injured when security forces opened fire to disperse the crowd in the city.
A general strike was witnessed on the main streets of the city amid heavy security presence and in some areas protesters burnt tires. Patrols have stopped mass gatherings in Sanandaj, but isolated protests continue in densely populated areas of the city.
There is also news of protests in the capital Tehran On Saturday, near Sharif University of Technology, one of Iran’s major education centers and the scene of a violent government crackdown over the past weekend. The administration has closed the campus till further orders.
Images on social media showed protests were also held in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
Other protests took place at Azad University in northern Tehran, in other areas of the capital and in the city market. Many shops in central Tehran and near Tehran University remained closed.
President Ibrahim Raisi In a meeting with all-female students of Al-Zahra University in Tehran, he again alleged that foreign enemies were responsible for instigating the protests. He has made the claim without giving any specific information or providing any evidence.
“The enemy thought that he could pursue his desires in universities, while unaware that our students and teachers were aware and would not allow the enemy’s vain plans to materialise,” he said.
Protests broke out on September 17 after the 22-year-old was buried mahsa amini, a Kurdish woman who died in the custody of Iran’s feared morality police. Amini was detained for alleged violation of the strict Islamic dress code for women. Since then, the protests have spread across the country and faced a gruesome crackdown that is estimated to have killed dozens and arrested hundreds.
in the city of Sanandji A man was shot dead while driving a car on a major road in the Kurdish-majority northern region on Saturday, rights monitors said. The French-based Kurdistan Human Rights Network and the Hango Organization for Human Rights said the man was shot after paying respect to security forces stationed on the street. Honking has become one of the ways activists have been expressing civil disobedience. Videos circulating online showed the slain man slipping on the steering wheel as distraught witnesses shouted for help.
The semi-official Fars news agency, which is believed to be close to the elite paramilitary force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, said Kurdistan’s police chief denied reports of live rounds being used against protesters.
Fars claimed that people in Sanandaj’s Pasdaran Street said the victim was shot from inside the car without giving any further details. But photos of the dead man indicate that he was shot from his left side, meaning he was not shot from inside the car. Inside the door, blood could be seen bleeding from the driver’s side.
Rights monitors said a second demonstrator was killed and 10 were injured when security forces opened fire to disperse the crowd in the city.
A general strike was witnessed on the main streets of the city amid heavy security presence and in some areas protesters burnt tires. Patrols have stopped mass gatherings in Sanandaj, but isolated protests continue in densely populated areas of the city.
There is also news of protests in the capital Tehran On Saturday, near Sharif University of Technology, one of Iran’s major education centers and the scene of a violent government crackdown over the past weekend. The administration has closed the campus till further orders.
Images on social media showed protests were also held in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
Other protests took place at Azad University in northern Tehran, in other areas of the capital and in the city market. Many shops in central Tehran and near Tehran University remained closed.
President Ibrahim Raisi In a meeting with all-female students of Al-Zahra University in Tehran, he again alleged that foreign enemies were responsible for instigating the protests. He has made the claim without giving any specific information or providing any evidence.
“The enemy thought that he could pursue his desires in universities, while unaware that our students and teachers were aware and would not allow the enemy’s vain plans to materialise,” he said.