On Saturday night, demonstrations were organized in many cities, including the capital
The president of Iran Ibrahim Raisi asked the forces of order to deal “decisively” with the protests in the country, after nine days of protests over the death of a young woman who had been arrested by the morality police. More than 40 people have been killed so far in the protests.
Abroad, demonstrations in favor of the movement in Iran were organized on Saturday in several countries – Canada, the US, Chile, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Iraq.
Today, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the ambassadors of Britain and Norway for “explanations”, as reported by the semi-official agency ISNA. The British ambassador was summoned on the occasion of the “hostile character” of Iranian-language media based in London, while that of Norway on the occasion of the “interference” of the speaker of the country’s parliament in the internal affairs of Iran.
The protests began on September 16, when Makhsa Amini died, three days after she was arrested in Tehran for wearing “improper clothing”, meaning she did not adhere to the strict dress code. They are the largest protests organized in the country since those of November 2019, which were triggered by the increase in the price of gasoline in the midst of an economic crisis. At the time, 230 people had been killed, according to the official count, or more than 300, according to Amnesty International.
Based on the official count of the protests in the past few days, 41 people have lost their lives – protesters and law enforcement officers. The non-governmental organization Iran Human Rights based in Oslo speaks of at least 54 protesters dead.
Calling the protests “riots”, ultra-conservative President Raisi called on Saturday “the competent authorities to act decisively against those who endanger the security and peace of the country and the people”. In his statement he underlined that “it is necessary to distinguish between demonstrations and the disruption of order and public security”.
Iran’s foreign ministry blamed the US, the country’s “sworn enemy”, for the unrest and warned that “attempts to encroach on Iran’s (national) sovereignty will not go unanswered”. For his part, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said, according to the IRNA agency, that he “expects the judiciary to quickly prosecute the main perpetrators of the riots”. Police said more than 700 people had been arrested.
According to the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists, 17 journalists have been arrested in Iran since September 19.
As on Friday, one pro-government demonstration expected to take place this afternoon in Tehran.
On Saturday night, protests were organized in several cities, including the capital, where a video showed a woman walking with her head uncovered and waving her headscarf in defiance of the dress code.
Iran, Shiraz, Saturday.
Women are leading this uprising against repression. Forced hijab is the symbol. Removing it is the sign of resistance. pic.twitter.com/DVzMk1D3zv— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) September 24, 2022
In Iran, women must cover their hair and body and are prohibited from wearing tight pants or holes in jeans, among other things. Photos and footage of the protests that have gone around the world show Iranian women burning their headscarves.
This picture of chopped hair hoisted as a flag will be the photograph of this century.#IranProtests2022 pic.twitter.com/pq1viygnvF
— Leena Manimekalai (@LeenaManimekali) September 22, 2022
The reformist People’s Union of Islamic Iran party on Saturday called on the government to lift the headscarf requirement and release those arrested.
For several days, videos posted online show violence in Tehran and other major cities, such as Tabriz, in the northwest. In some, the security forces shoot at the protesters. Police cars were set on fire.
Iran is resisting✌️
#IranProtests2022 pic.twitter.com/45EkJs6jHX— John Orphan (@JohnOrphan3) September 24, 2022
Amnesty International accused security forces of deliberately firing “live bullets” and called for urgent “international action” to end the crackdown.
With a message on Instagram, the Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi he called on all the peoples of the world to stand in “solidarity” with the protesters and saluted the “courageous women” who are protesting “demanding their rights”.
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