At least 170 dead as backlash erupts after Mahsha Amini’s killing by morality police in Iran – Thousands arrested
Fresh protests took place in Iran today despite a bloody crackdown, with a human rights NGO speaking out about the death of a teenager by fire from the forces of order.
The Iran has been rocked for nearly two months by protests that erupted after the September 16 death of Mahsha Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing her headscarf properly.
The regime, under Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, 83, has responded with a crackdown that has killed at least 170 people, according to an NGO, and arrested thousands more, with thousands more charged and at risk of being charged, activists say. the death penalty.
As the movement, seen as the biggest challenge to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution, does not appear to be losing steam, memorial services, traditionally held on the 40th day after a death, are the occasion for fresh demonstrations.
According to the NGO, Iran Human Rights (IHR) based in Norway, many people attended a ceremony today in Karaj, near Tehran, to mark 40 days since the death of Hadis Najafi, a 22-year-old protester who activists say was killed by police in September.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjBLqAmU5-U
Police blocked the highway leading to the cemetery to prevent a larger number of people from gathering, the NGO said.
“This is the year of blood, Seyed Ali (Khamenei) will be overthrown,” chanted the crowd, according to a video posted by IHR.
According to the Norway-based human rights group Hengaw, a series of protests took place yesterday, Wednesday, in the Kurdish areas of northwestern Iran where Makhsa Amini came from, including the city of Sanadai.
In this city, Momen Zadkarimi, 18 years old, was killed, according to the NGO, by fire from the security forces. But under pressure from the security services who feared that his funeral would turn into a demonstration, his body was moved to another village for burial.
Since September 16, at least 176 people have been killed, according to the IHR, in the crackdown on protests linked to the death of Makhsa Amini.
Besides, 101 people, according to this NGO, have lost their lives during the protests in Zahedan in Sistan-Balutistan (south-east) linked to allegations of the rape of a young girl by a police officer.
Of those people killed, 40 were under the age of 18, according to the IHR.
RES-EMP
Read the News today and get the latest news.
Follow Skai.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news.
I am currently a news writer for News Bulletin247 where I mostly cover sports news. I have always been interested in writing and it is something I am very passionate about. In my spare time, I enjoy reading and spending time with my family and friends.
