Demonstrations continue in Iran since the death of a young Kurdish woman while in the custody of the authorities
Two Iranian security forces were killed as security forces confronted protests that have been going on for more than three weeks, according to local media.
Video clips spread on social networking sites show male and female students joining demonstrations across the country.
Dozens of protesters have been killed since the start of the protests last month, following the death of a young woman while in Iranian police custody amid allegations that she was beaten while in detention.
And the Iranian “morals police” arrested Mahsa Amini, 22, in the capital, Tehran, claiming that she did not cover her head properly, in accordance with the rules of hijab.
The Kurdish woman died on September 16, three days following her detention.
A member of the paramilitary Basij forces was killed “by rioters following he was shot” during a demonstration in the Iranian capital, Tehran, according to “Basij News”, the official website of the Basij organization.
A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was also killed Saturday during a protest in the city of Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdistan region in Iran, according to Iranian media.
At least 20 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Basij forces, and the Iranian police forces have been killed since the beginning of the current wave of protests, according to local media.
Protests took place over the weekend across the country, including in Tehran and Sanandaj.
Police forces used tear gas to disperse protesters in dozens of sites where demonstrations took place in Tehran, according to the Iranian IRNA news agency, which added that the demonstrators “chanted slogans, and burned and destroyed public property, including police booths and boxes.”
And German Foreign Minister Annalina Birbock called for action once morest those responsible for the suppression of protests in Iran.
It also described those who “beat women and girls in the streets” as “on the wrong side of history”, stressing that it will work to ensure that the European Union imposes a ban on the entry of Iranian officials for the suppression of demonstrations to the countries of the Union, in addition to other measures that include freezing the assets owned by them in the European Union. European Union.
In Norway, the Iran Human Rights Group confirmed that 185 people have been killed since the start of the unrest. The group said yesterday, Saturday, that “at least 185 people, including 19 children, were killed during the protests that took place in different parts of the country. Most of these deaths were in Sistan in Baluchistan province, where regarding half of this number was recorded.”
Separately, Iran’s state television was hacked by opponents of the regime. A picture of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared on television with a beard and a target with captions calling on Iranians to join the protests during a major newscast.
Reports indicated that a student at Iran’s Al-Zahra University chanted once morest Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi during his visit to the university last Saturday, saying: “Leave.”
