Renewed confrontations between the protesters And the Iranian security forces in the city of Saqqaz, the birthplace of the Kurdish girl Mahsa Amini, who was killed in mysterious circumstances during her arrest by the Iranian “morality police” weeks ago.
The security forces also fired directly at the protesters in Sanandaj, the capital of Iranian Kurdistan, while local sources reported that an Iranian officer from the ground forces, the fifth since the demonstrations erupted, joined to support the protests in the country.
This came as reported Iranian human rights organizationYesterday, Tuesday, the death toll from the protests in the country rose to 154.
dead in protests
The Iranian Human Rights Organization said that at least 154 people, including children, were killed in the protests taking place in the country since last month due to the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, after her arrest.
From the demonstrations in Iran (AFP)
The organization also added, through its account on Twitter, that the number of confirmed deaths in the recent violent incidents in the city of Zahedan, the center of Sistan and Baluchestan province, in the southeast of the country, has risen to at least 63 people.
Mahsa killed
It is noteworthy that Mahsa Amini, who hails from the Kurdish city of Saqqaz in northwestern Iran, died on September 16 (2022), three days after her arrest by the morality police, and then transferred to a hospital in Tehran.
Her death has since ignited anger in the country over several issues, including restrictions on personal freedoms and strict rules regarding women’s clothing, as well as the living and economic crisis experienced by Iranians, not to mention the strict rules imposed by the regime and its political structure in general. . Women played a prominent role in those protests, and female protesters brandished and burned their headscarves.
Biggest since 2019
The demonstrations that swept dozens of cities during the past weeks and still include various races and classes, constituted the largest protests since the protests against fuel prices in 2019, and at the time it was reported that 1,500 people were killed (according to Archyde.com) in crackdowns against the demonstrators.