Protests in Iran spread over the killing of Mahsa Amini, as protesters asked the capital’s residents to come to the streets, and videos of security forces shooting at protesters in various areas were also shown.
And the media reported that the Kurdish-majority city of Ashnoh fell into the hands of the protesters, and images of the burning of the headquarters of the Basij forces in the Iranian city of Qom are also circulating.
Protesters stormed the Basij headquarters in Tehran, the capital of Iran
#Arabic pic.twitter.com/6lw6PA6srT– Arabic (@AlArabiya) September 23, 2022
Earlier, a Norway-based non-governmental organization confirmed on Friday that at least 50 people had been killed in a campaign by Iranian security forces to crack down on protests that began after the death of young woman Mahsa Amini. While he was arrested by the moral police after going into a coma.
The non-governmental organization “Iranian Human Rights” based in Oslo announced that the number of dead has increased following the death of 6 people due to fire by security forces in the city of Razvanshahr in Gilan province (North) on Thursday evening, and the other dead in Babylon and recorded. Amal (north).
Continuous shooting in the neighborhoods of the Iranian capital, while protests have taken over the streets of Tehran.#Arabic pic.twitter.com/4B9I4apiBW
– Arabic (@AlArabiya) September 23, 2022
In turn, the US State Department confirmed “supporting the right of Iranians to demonstrate freely and without fear.”
The US State Department said: We will give more options to the Iranian people to facilitate access to communication platforms.
The Iranian army also announced in a statement today that with the intensification of the protests, it will “fight the enemies” to ensure security and peace in the country.
Iranians staged demonstrations across the country to protest the death of Mehsa Amini, 22, last week after she was arrested for wearing “inappropriate clothing”.
The army’s statement said: “These despicable actions are part of the enemy’s bad strategy aimed at weakening the Islamic system.” He added that “he will deal with the various conspiracies of the enemies.”
In turn, Iranian media reported the arrest of 280 people during Thursday’s protests. On Thursday, Iran’s official media reported the death of 17 people, including security personnel.
The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) reported that protests continued in several cities.
Amini’s death drew strong condemnation from a number of countries and international non-governmental organizations, and they also criticized the suppression of protest demonstrations in which slogans of freedom and the fall of the regime were raised.
This Iranian woman was arrested for wearing “indecent clothes”. Activists said he had been hit in the head, but Iranian officials denied this and said they had launched an investigation into the incident.
The demonstration included clashes between demonstrators and security forces, and demonstrators set fire to police cars and threw stones at them. According to Iranian media reports, the police responded with tear gas and arrested a number of people.
And footage showing demonstrators defacing or burning effigies of the leader, Ali Khamenei.
Source: Lebanon Debate
