Iranian security forces have killed 72 people, including 56 in Kurdish areas, in the last week of cracking down on anti-regime protests, Iran’s human rights group (IHR) said on Tuesday (November 22nd).
The death toll since the start of the protest movement on September 16 has risen to 416 following the killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd who was arrested by morality police for violating the dress code. navigation is public. The dead included 51 children and 21 women, according to the Oslo-based IHR.
Majority of victims in Kurdish regions
Most of the casualties over the past seven days have been in the Kurdish regions of western Iran, where Tehran has sent reinforcements to the growing protests. Demonstrations took place in several cities, such as Mahabad, Javanrud or Piranchahr, often associated with funerals for people killed by the police.
The Iranian-Kurdish human rights organization Hengaw, also based in Norway, accused the authorities of firing live ammunition at the protesters. He said five people were killed on Monday in Javanrud, where several thousand people had gathered to pay their respects to those killed over the weekend.
NetBlocks, a London-based website that monitors internet blocking around the world, then reports that internet access has been blocked.”for three and a half hoursDuring these demonstrations on Monday, but also at the World Cup game in which Iranian players did not sing the national anthem.
Source: Le Figaro
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