83 KILLED AFTER 2 WEEKS OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN IRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP

Fri 30 September 2022:

On Thursday, protests against the death of a young woman in police custody continued in several cities across Iran, according to state and social media, as a human rights organization reported that 83 people had been killed in nearly two weeks of demonstrations.

Mahsa Amini, 22, of the Iranian Kurdish town of Saqez, was detained this month in Tehran by the morality police, who uphold the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code for women. She was accused of wearing “unsuitable attire.”

Her passing has sparked Iran’s first significant outcry since authorities put down demonstrations against an increase in gasoline prices in 2019.

“At least 83 people including children, are confirmed to have been killed in (the) Iran Protests,” Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based group, said on Twitter.

Despite the growing death count and a fierce crackdown by authorities, videos posted on Twitter showed demonstrators calling for the fall of the clerical establishment in Tehran, Qom, Rasht, Sanandaj, Masjed-i-Suleiman and other cities.

State television said police had arrested a large number of “rioters”, without giving figures.

Meanwhile, Germany’s foreign minister said on Thursday she wanted the European Union to impose sanctions on Iran following Amini’s death.

In Norway, several people attempted to enter the Iranian embassy in Oslo during an angry demonstration in which two people sustained light injuries, Norwegian police said. Police detained 95 people, public broadcaster NRK reported.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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