At least 185 people, including 19 children, have died during the Iranian government’s brutal crackdown on protests across the country, according to figures released on Saturday by Iran’s Human Rights organization.
Sistan provinces and Balochistan recorded half of the deaths. The Iranian government has been under pressure for protests since September 16, when Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian girl, was killed in Tehran for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code.
Protesters demand the overthrow of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It’s the biggest move in the country since the demonstrations against rising gasoline prices in 2019.
On Friday (7), the human rights NGO confirmed the death of 16-year-old Sarina Esmailzadeh, who was stabbed to death by Iranian security forces during the September 22 protests.
According to the NGO, authorities denied calls by alleged members of Sarina’s family, who said Sarina’s death was a suicide.
“After reviewing the evidence and interviewing eyewitnesses and close sources, the Iranian Human Rights NGO confirmed the state murder. sarina He strongly condemns the pressure exerted by security agencies and on his family to force him to repeat the fake suicide narrative.”
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The organization demanded international legal action and sanctions from the directors of IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting). “HE IRIB contributes to the cover-up of these crimes by disclosing and publishing forced confessions and false statements. “They are complicit and must be held accountable,” said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Iran’s Human Rights Director.
sarina Esmailzadeh and a few friends decided to go to popular protests after English class.
““The security forces shot Sarina multiple times with sticks until she bled seriously from her head,” he said.
State TV hacked in Iran
A group supporting the protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran succeeded in hacking a state television channel and broadcast the image of Ali Khamenei, the chief guide in flames, on the news.
The message of the state television newspaper, which appeared on the air on Saturday night, read the message “Blood is dripping from the fingers of our youth”. It was accompanied by a manipulated photograph of Ali Khamenei surrounded by flames and his head pulled out of the viewfinder.
Another message accompanying the photo said, “It’s time to pack your furniture and find another place to relocate your family outside of Iran.”
A group calling itself Edalat-i Ali (Ali’s Justice) claimed responsibility for the cyber attack, which lasted a few seconds.
Authorities say Mahsa Amini died of illness
On Friday, Iranian officials claimed that Mahsa Amini died of illness, not “beating”.
However, Amjad Amini, the father of the girl, who said that her daughter was in good health before her arrest, denied the medical report in an interview with Iran International, a London-based Persian television channel.
“I saw with my own eyes that blood was flowing from Mahsa’s ears and neck,” he said.
Activists and NGOs claim that he suffered a head injury while being detained.
Iran accuses foreign countries, including the United States, of fueling the protests.
source: Noticias
