Paris: Despite internet shutdowns, angry protesters took to the streets across Iran again on Saturday. death of mahsa amini Entered the fifth week in custody. The 22-year-old died on September 16, three days after falling into a coma following an arrest by Iran’s infamous ethics police for blatant violations of the Islamic Republic. dress code for women,
Young women have been at the forefront of the biggest wave of street protests the country has seen in years.
“Guns, tanks, fireworks; mullahs must be lost,” women without hijabs chanted in a video widely shared online at a gathering at Tehran’s Shariat Technical and Vocational College.
Scores of people shouting and whistling projectiles at security forces near a historic roundabout in the city of Hamdan, west of Tehran, in footage verified by AFP. Video shared on Twitter also showed protesters on the streets of the northwestern city of Ardabil, despite what online monitor Netblocks called “a major disruption to Internet traffic”.
The 1500Pictures social media channel, which monitors protests and police violations, said shopkeepers went on strike in Amini’s hometown of Saekage in Kurdistan province and in Mahabad in West Azerbaijan. They were responding to an appeal for a massive turnout for the protest on Saturday. “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 network used by the restrictions.
In response to the protests, one of Iran’s major revolutionary bodies, Islamic Development Coordination Councilhas urged people to “express their revolutionary anger against sedition and rioters” after Saturday evening prayers. This week there was a call for the Revolutionary Guards “retired” to meet on Saturday in view of the “current sensitive situation”.
Young women have been at the forefront of the biggest wave of street protests the country has seen in years.
“Guns, tanks, fireworks; mullahs must be lost,” women without hijabs chanted in a video widely shared online at a gathering at Tehran’s Shariat Technical and Vocational College.
Scores of people shouting and whistling projectiles at security forces near a historic roundabout in the city of Hamdan, west of Tehran, in footage verified by AFP. Video shared on Twitter also showed protesters on the streets of the northwestern city of Ardabil, despite what online monitor Netblocks called “a major disruption to Internet traffic”.
The 1500Pictures social media channel, which monitors protests and police violations, said shopkeepers went on strike in Amini’s hometown of Saekage in Kurdistan province and in Mahabad in West Azerbaijan. They were responding to an appeal for a massive turnout for the protest on Saturday. “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 network used by the restrictions.
In response to the protests, one of Iran’s major revolutionary bodies, Islamic Development Coordination Councilhas urged people to “express their revolutionary anger against sedition and rioters” after Saturday evening prayers. This week there was a call for the Revolutionary Guards “retired” to meet on Saturday in view of the “current sensitive situation”.