DUBAI: Students rally across universities Iran Attacks were reported on Saturday and across the country’s Kurdish region, as protests ignited by the death of a woman in police custody entered its third week.
protests erupted over the death of mahsa aminiA 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan has spiraled into the biggest demonstration of protest against Iran’s clerical officials since 2019, leaving dozens dead in unrest across the country.
Social media posts showed rallies at several universities on Saturday, including in the capital Tehran, with some demanding the release of students detained in previous protests.
The widely-followed Tawseer1500 Twitter account said dozens of Tehran university students were detained during Saturday’s demonstrations. The semi-official Fars news agency said some protesters were arrested from a square near Tehran University.
Tavsir1500 also posted what he said was a video taken at the entrance of the University of Isfahan, during which shots could be heard.
Reuters social media could not confirm the reports.
A government website, quoting an education ministry spokesperson, had earlier reported that most of the detained students had been released.
Amini was arrested on 13 September for “inappropriate dress” by ethics police in Tehran, which enforces the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women.
Protests, which first erupted at his funeral on September 17, spread to 31 provinces in Iran, attended by all sections of society, including ethnic and religious minorities, and many called for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. .
Amnesty International says at least 52 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the government’s crackdown on the demonstrations. Rights groups say dozens of activists, students and artists have been detained.
Officials say several members of security forces have been killed, accusing the United States of taking advantage of the unrest to try to destabilize the country. The state media has branded the protesters as rioters and anti-nationals.
The Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by Iranian media that four members of its forces and volunteer Basij militia were killed in Friday’s attacks in Zahedan, the capital of the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province.
State television said on Friday that 19 people, including members of security forces, were killed in a gunfight by unidentified armed men at a police station in Zahedan, prompting security forces to retaliate.
A quasi-official news agency reported that a Zahedan MP said security had been restored in the city on Saturday.
The authorities blamed a separatist group from the Baluchi minority for starting the firing in Zahedan. State media said two prominent militants linked to that group had been killed.
IRNA posted a video showing destroyed cars, an overturned and burning trailer or bus, and burnt buildings and shops on fire, citing it as footage of “what terrorists did to people’s shops in Zahedan last night”. described in.
Reuters could not confirm the footage.
Protests have been particularly intense in Iran’s Kurdistan region, where authorities have previously reduced the unrest to the Kurdish minority numbering up to 10 million.
Fearing an ethnic insurgency, and in a show of power, Iran this week fired missiles and flew drones to strike targets in the Kurdish region of neighboring northern Iraq, after accusing Iranian Kurdish dissidents of involvement in the unrest.
Shops and businesses were on strike in 20 northwestern cities and towns on Saturday to protest attacks on Iraq-based armed Kurdish opposition parties by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, a Kurdish rights group. hangao informed of.
It also said that the security forces opened fire on the protesters dead body And sock.
A video posted by Hango shows men speeding on motor-bikes through a street with closed shops, describing them as “oppressive forces on the streets of Sakaze, Amini’s hometown”. .
protests erupted over the death of mahsa aminiA 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan has spiraled into the biggest demonstration of protest against Iran’s clerical officials since 2019, leaving dozens dead in unrest across the country.
Social media posts showed rallies at several universities on Saturday, including in the capital Tehran, with some demanding the release of students detained in previous protests.
The widely-followed Tawseer1500 Twitter account said dozens of Tehran university students were detained during Saturday’s demonstrations. The semi-official Fars news agency said some protesters were arrested from a square near Tehran University.
Tavsir1500 also posted what he said was a video taken at the entrance of the University of Isfahan, during which shots could be heard.
Reuters social media could not confirm the reports.
A government website, quoting an education ministry spokesperson, had earlier reported that most of the detained students had been released.
Amini was arrested on 13 September for “inappropriate dress” by ethics police in Tehran, which enforces the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women.
Protests, which first erupted at his funeral on September 17, spread to 31 provinces in Iran, attended by all sections of society, including ethnic and religious minorities, and many called for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. .
Amnesty International says at least 52 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the government’s crackdown on the demonstrations. Rights groups say dozens of activists, students and artists have been detained.
Officials say several members of security forces have been killed, accusing the United States of taking advantage of the unrest to try to destabilize the country. The state media has branded the protesters as rioters and anti-nationals.
The Revolutionary Guards said in a statement carried by Iranian media that four members of its forces and volunteer Basij militia were killed in Friday’s attacks in Zahedan, the capital of the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province.
State television said on Friday that 19 people, including members of security forces, were killed in a gunfight by unidentified armed men at a police station in Zahedan, prompting security forces to retaliate.
A quasi-official news agency reported that a Zahedan MP said security had been restored in the city on Saturday.
The authorities blamed a separatist group from the Baluchi minority for starting the firing in Zahedan. State media said two prominent militants linked to that group had been killed.
IRNA posted a video showing destroyed cars, an overturned and burning trailer or bus, and burnt buildings and shops on fire, citing it as footage of “what terrorists did to people’s shops in Zahedan last night”. described in.
Reuters could not confirm the footage.
Protests have been particularly intense in Iran’s Kurdistan region, where authorities have previously reduced the unrest to the Kurdish minority numbering up to 10 million.
Fearing an ethnic insurgency, and in a show of power, Iran this week fired missiles and flew drones to strike targets in the Kurdish region of neighboring northern Iraq, after accusing Iranian Kurdish dissidents of involvement in the unrest.
Shops and businesses were on strike in 20 northwestern cities and towns on Saturday to protest attacks on Iraq-based armed Kurdish opposition parties by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, a Kurdish rights group. hangao informed of.
It also said that the security forces opened fire on the protesters dead body And sock.
A video posted by Hango shows men speeding on motor-bikes through a street with closed shops, describing them as “oppressive forces on the streets of Sakaze, Amini’s hometown”. .