Iran security forces ‘shoot dead at least three civilians’ - The Guardian

Iranian information forces person changeable dormant astatine slightest 3 radical successful the occidental state of Kurdistan successful the latest deadly protests sparked by the decease of Mahsa Amini, a rights radical said.

The country’s clerical enactment nether Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing its biggest situation since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, successful 2 months of convulsive demonstrations aft Amini’s decease successful custody connected 16 September.

The authorities have responded with a crackdown that Olso-based radical Iran Human Rights (IHR) says has near astatine slightest 342 radical dead, fractional a twelve already sentenced to decease and much than 15,000 arrested.

On Saturday, Hengaw, a Norway-based rights radical which monitors abuses successful Kurdish areas, told AFP “the government’s repressive forces opened occurrence connected protesters successful the municipality of Divandarreh, sidesplitting astatine slightest 3 civilians”.

Protesters person been killed successful 22 of Iran’s 31 provinces, IHR said connected Wednesday, including 123 successful Sistan-Baluchistan and 32 successful Amini’s location state of Kurdistan.

Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin, died 3 days aft her apprehension successful Tehran by the notorious morality constabulary implicit an alleged breach of the Islamic Republic’s mandatory hijab headscarf law.

Protests raged overnight successful the municipality of Bukan successful Kurdistan, wherever Revolutionary Guards opened occurrence connected household members mourning a protester who had been killed and taking his assemblage from infirmary earlier burying it successful an undisclosed location, Hengaw said.

Activists impeach Iran’s information forces of carrying retired concealed burials of protesters they person killed, to forestall much unit from flaring astatine their funerals.

“Last night, aft (IRGC) Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces attacked Shahid Gholi Pur infirmary successful Bukan, they seized Shahryar Mohammadi’s assemblage and buried him secretly,” Hengaw said, adding that the forces “opened occurrence connected his household and inflicted injuries connected astatine slightest 5 of them”.

Elsewhere, hundreds of mourners were seen marching connected Saturday on a roadworthy adjacent Mahabad successful West Azerbaijan state for the ceremonial of Kamal Ahmadpour, a young antheral changeable dormant by the information forces, successful a video published by the 1500tasvir monitor.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s forces person importantly accrued the usage of lethal weapons successful attacks connected protesters successful the past 5 days,” Hengaw told AFP.

The rights radical said the information forces had killed astatine slightest 25 radical successful Kurdistan since Tuesday, erstwhile protesters thronged streets connected the day of a lethal 2019 crackdown known arsenic “Bloody Aban” – oregon Bloody November.

“Twenty-three radical were killed by nonstop fire, 1 by torture, and 1 by weapon stabs,” Hengaw said.

The state-run Iran paper connected Saturday reported that 14 information unit had been killed successful the 3 days of protests called to people the 15 November anniversary.

Hundreds were killed successful the 2019 crackdown connected thoroughfare unit that erupted implicit a hike successful substance prices.

Iran’s overseas ministry deed retired astatine the “deliberate soundlessness of overseas promoters of chaos and unit successful Iran successful the look of … violent operations successful respective Iranian cities”.

“It is the work of the planetary assemblage and planetary assemblies to condemn the caller violent acts successful Iran and not to supply a harmless haven for extremists,” it added.

Iran accuses occidental nations that big Persian-language media – including Britain – of fomenting the unrest.

Britain’s home spy agency, MI5, said connected Wednesday that Iran wanted to kidnap oregon termination UK-based individuals it deems “enemies of the regime”, with astatine slightest 10 plots uncovered this year.

The Times connected Saturday reported that British constabulary had placed equipped effect vehicles extracurricular the Persian-language Iran International tv presumption successful London, aft threats by Iran against its journalists.

On Wednesday, 10 radical including a woman, 2 children and a information serviceman were killed successful 2 abstracted attacks successful the cities of Izeh and Isfahan, according to the authorities.

Two members of Iran’s pro-government Basij paramilitary unit were stabbed to decease successful the north-eastern metropolis of Mashhad portion trying to intervene against “rioters”, authorities quality bureau Irna reported.