At least 92 people were killed in the crackdown on demonstrations that began two weeks ago following the death of young Mahsa Amini, who was detained by the morality police in Iran, the Iranian Human Rights Organization (IHR) reported on Sunday.
In Tehran, President Ebrahim Raisi once again accused Iran’s “enemies” of “conspiring” to isolate the country, but said they had failed in these attempts.
The NGO also reported, based on information from local sources, that 41 people were killed in clashes in Zahedan in southeastern Iran on Friday, in an area bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, although it is unclear to what extent these events are linked to Amini’s death.
“The international community has the right to investigate and prevent the commission of further crimes by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Mahmoud Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Norway-based IHR.
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died on September 16 after being detained by the morality police for allegedly not wearing a veil as required by the strict dress code for women in the Islamic Republic.
The death of the young woman sparked the largest wave of protests in the country since 2019.
Since then, solidarity demonstrations with Iranian women have been held in more than 150 cities around the world, particularly on Saturday 1st – some of them burned their veils in protest.
UST is trying to count the number of victims despite internet outages and blocking of apps like WhatsApp, Instagram and other services in Iran.
The country also reported unrest in the southeastern region, where five Revolutionary Guards were killed in clashes in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan province, on Friday.
This poverty-stricken state has been the scene of frequent clashes with Balochistan minority rebels, Sunni Muslim extremist groups, and drug trafficking groups.
Molavi Abdol Hamid, a Sunni Muslim preacher, said in a message posted on the cleric’s website last week that the community was “angry” after the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl by a police commander in the province.
The IHR accused Iranian security forces of “violent crackdown” at a protest in Zahedan on Friday after the allegations were made public.
“The killing of protesters in Iran, especially in Zahidan, constitutes a crime against humanity,” said Amiry-Moghaddam.
Iran blames foreign powers, especially its major rival, the United States, who are trying to destabilize the country for the demonstrations.
On Sunday, President Raissi said the “conspiracy” of the enemies had failed.
“While the Islamic Republic overcame economic problems to be more active in the region and the world, the enemies came into play with the intent to isolate the country, but they failed in this conspiracy,” he said. .
According to local media reports, five members of Iran’s ideological army, the Revolutionary Guards, were killed in the Zahidan clashes.
According to the official IRNA news agency, a paramilitary “stabbed” in “recent riots” in the Shiite holy city of Qom south of Tehran has not recovered from his wounds.
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