New, anti-government protests are taking place in Iran, in Tehran and some other cities, despite the regime’s crackdown. Videos posted on social media of the protests in Iran show groups of Iranians shouting “Woman, Life, Freedom” and “Death to Khamenei” – a reference to the supreme leader of the country.

It is noted that in Iran they are completed 40 days of mourning for two executed people accused of subverting the regime, Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini. The UN spoke of a miscarriage of justice with coerced confessions. Demonstrations have been held across the country since September following her death Mahsa Amini, of a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by the morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab properly. The authorities have presented them as “riots” and responded with brutality.

So far, at least 529 protesters have been killed and nearly 20,000 detained, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). Four protesters have been hanged since December, while another 107 have reportedly been sentenced to death or charged with crimes that carry the death penalty.

Footage posted on social media showed small demonstrations held on Thursday night in several parts of Tehran, as well as in nearby Karaj, the eastern city of Mashhad, the central city of Isfahan, the northern cities of Qazvin and Rast, and the western cities of Arak. , Izech and Sanandaj.