Islamic regime opens fire on thousands of protestors

Tehran, Oct 29: The Iranian Security forces have killed at least eight protesters since Wednesday night as a crackdown on anti-hijab protests continues. According to human rights NGO Amnesty International, security forces opened fire on mourners and protesters, killing at least eight.

 

 

 

"Iran's security forces killed at least eight people since last night as they again opened fire on mourners and protesters," Amnesty said on Thursday.

 

 

 

The human rights NGO also condemned the "reckless and unlawful use of firearms". Iranian security forces reportedly opened fire on protesters who marched in thousands on Wednesday in Mahsa Amini's hometown to mark 40 days since her death. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, died on September 16, three days after her arrest in Tehran by the morality police for allegedly breaching the Islamic dress code for women. Her death sparked women-led protests, the largest since a wave of demonstrations in 2019 over gasoline price rises. Women have played a prominent role in the protests, waving and burning their veils, with some cutting their hair in public. However, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the US and Israel of fomenting the wave of nationwide unrest sparked by outrage over the death of Mahsa Amini. Recently, Khamenei condemned scenes of protesters ripping off their hijabs and setting vehicles on fire as “actions that are not normal, that are unnatural.” He has warned that “those who foment unrest to sabotage the Islamic Republic deserve harsh prosecution and punishment.”

 

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The last major protest in Iran - also known as ‘Bloody November’ - started in 2019 following a 50 percent –200 cent increase in fuel prices.