Paris: Protesters take to the streets Iran then on saturday aminiCustodial death despite internet shutdown as protest movement enters fifth week
Amini’s death on September 16, three days after he was arrested by Iran’s notorious morality police, has fueled the biggest wave of street protests and violence the country has seen in years.
Young women have been at the forefront of protests by raising anti-government slogans, covering their heads and burning their heads, and standing in front of security forces on the streets.
Video shared on Twitter showed protesters taking to the streets of the northwestern city of Ardabil, despite what online monitor Netblocks called “a major disruption to Internet traffic”.
Shopkeepers went on strike in Amini’s hometown of Sakez in Kurdistan province and in Mahabad in West Azerbaijan, according to the 1500Pictures social media channel that tracks protests and police violations.
Young girls from Tehran’s Shariat Technical and Vocational College chant “Freedom, Freedom, Freedom” as they waved scarves over their heads in the wind, said 1500.
Oslo-based rights group Hangau said: “Schoolgirls in the Ney village of Marivan started the protest by setting fire to the ground and raising anti-government slogans.”
Youth were also seen demonstrating at universities in Tehran, Isfahan and Kermanshah, with footage widely shared online.
They were responding to an appeal for massive voting for Saturday’s protest under the catch row, “The beginning of the end!”
“We have to be present in the squares, because the best VPN these days is the street,” declared the activists, referring to the virtual private networks used to circumvent internet restrictions.
Responding to calls for new protests, the Islamic Development Coordination Council, one of Iran’s main revolutionary bodies, has urged people to “express their revolutionary anger against treason and rioters”.
According to a reporter, this week calls for the “retired” Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to gather on Saturday in view of the “current sensitive situation”. Sharghi Newspaper.
‘The Brave Women of Iran’
The women-led protests have received the support of the US president.
“I want you to know that we, the citizens, stand with the brave women of Iran,” Joe Biden Said late Friday night.
“It shocked me what it woke up to in Iran. It woke up something that I don’t think will be quiet for a long, long time,” he said.
“Iran must end violence against its own citizens only by exercising its fundamental rights,” he said.
At least 108 people have been killed in Amini protests, and at least 93 more in separate clashes in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan’s southeastern province, according to the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights. .
The unrest continues despite what Amnesty International called “relentlessly brutal crackdowns”, including “all-round attacks on child protesters” – which killed at least 23 minors.
The action has drawn international condemnation and sanctions on Iran from Britain, Canada and the United States.
Iran’s supreme leader has accused the country’s enemies, including the US and Israel, of inciting “riots”.
His foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdullahian, has called on the EU to take a “realistic approach” on the Amini protests as the bloc prepares to impose new sanctions on the Islamic republic.
“Who would believe that the death of a girl is so important to Western countries,” he asked in a statement on Friday.
“If so, what did they do with regard to the hundreds of thousands of martyrs and deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon,” he asked.
EU countries have agreed to implement new sanctions this week, and the move is to be endorsed at a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday.
In response to the protests, Clerical State security forces have also launched a campaign of mass arrests of artists, dissidents, journalists and athletes.
Iranian filmmaker Mani Haaghi He said authorities stopped him from attending the London Film Festival because of his support for the protests.
The British Film Institute said that Haghi was due to attend the ceremony for his latest film “Subtraction”, but Iranian authorities “seized his passport”.
“I cannot express in words the joy and honor of being able to witness this great moment in history for the first time,” Haghi said.
“So if it’s a punishment for what I did, then by all means bring it.”
Amini’s death on September 16, three days after he was arrested by Iran’s notorious morality police, has fueled the biggest wave of street protests and violence the country has seen in years.
Young women have been at the forefront of protests by raising anti-government slogans, covering their heads and burning their heads, and standing in front of security forces on the streets.
Video shared on Twitter showed protesters taking to the streets of the northwestern city of Ardabil, despite what online monitor Netblocks called “a major disruption to Internet traffic”.
Shopkeepers went on strike in Amini’s hometown of Sakez in Kurdistan province and in Mahabad in West Azerbaijan, according to the 1500Pictures social media channel that tracks protests and police violations.
Young girls from Tehran’s Shariat Technical and Vocational College chant “Freedom, Freedom, Freedom” as they waved scarves over their heads in the wind, said 1500.
Oslo-based rights group Hangau said: “Schoolgirls in the Ney village of Marivan started the protest by setting fire to the ground and raising anti-government slogans.”
Youth were also seen demonstrating at universities in Tehran, Isfahan and Kermanshah, with footage widely shared online.
They were responding to an appeal for massive voting for Saturday’s protest under the catch row, “The beginning of the end!”
“We have to be present in the squares, because the best VPN these days is the street,” declared the activists, referring to the virtual private networks used to circumvent internet restrictions.
Responding to calls for new protests, the Islamic Development Coordination Council, one of Iran’s main revolutionary bodies, has urged people to “express their revolutionary anger against treason and rioters”.
According to a reporter, this week calls for the “retired” Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to gather on Saturday in view of the “current sensitive situation”. Sharghi Newspaper.
‘The Brave Women of Iran’
The women-led protests have received the support of the US president.
“I want you to know that we, the citizens, stand with the brave women of Iran,” Joe Biden Said late Friday night.
“It shocked me what it woke up to in Iran. It woke up something that I don’t think will be quiet for a long, long time,” he said.
“Iran must end violence against its own citizens only by exercising its fundamental rights,” he said.
At least 108 people have been killed in Amini protests, and at least 93 more in separate clashes in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan’s southeastern province, according to the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights. .
The unrest continues despite what Amnesty International called “relentlessly brutal crackdowns”, including “all-round attacks on child protesters” – which killed at least 23 minors.
The action has drawn international condemnation and sanctions on Iran from Britain, Canada and the United States.
Iran’s supreme leader has accused the country’s enemies, including the US and Israel, of inciting “riots”.
His foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdullahian, has called on the EU to take a “realistic approach” on the Amini protests as the bloc prepares to impose new sanctions on the Islamic republic.
“Who would believe that the death of a girl is so important to Western countries,” he asked in a statement on Friday.
“If so, what did they do with regard to the hundreds of thousands of martyrs and deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon,” he asked.
EU countries have agreed to implement new sanctions this week, and the move is to be endorsed at a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday.
In response to the protests, Clerical State security forces have also launched a campaign of mass arrests of artists, dissidents, journalists and athletes.
Iranian filmmaker Mani Haaghi He said authorities stopped him from attending the London Film Festival because of his support for the protests.
The British Film Institute said that Haghi was due to attend the ceremony for his latest film “Subtraction”, but Iranian authorities “seized his passport”.
“I cannot express in words the joy and honor of being able to witness this great moment in history for the first time,” Haghi said.
“So if it’s a punishment for what I did, then by all means bring it.”