The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the situation in Iran was “critical” and that the authorities had reacted sharply to the protests that have resulted in more than 300 deaths in the past two months.
A spokesman for the UN chief human rights chief said: “The rising death toll at the protests over the weekend in Iran, including those of two children, and the toughening of the security forces’ response underline the critical situation in the country.” , Volker Türk at a press conference in Geneva.
The Islamic Republic has fallen into the grip of nationwide protests after the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini was killed in custody by the morality police on September 16, after she was arrested for wearing clothing deemed “inadequate”.
Tehran has accused xenophobes and their agents of organizing the protests by Iranians from all walks of life, which turned into a popular uprising and presented one of the most daring challenges to the clergy since the 1979 revolution.
The team that represented Iran at the World Cup in Qatar refused to sing the country’s national anthem in its first game at the World Cup on Monday, as a sign of support for the protests.
The High Commissioner for Human Rights said that more than 300 people have been killed so far, including more than 40 children. These deaths occurred across the country and were reported in 25 of 31 provinces.
Spokesman Jeremy Lawrence also expressed concern over the situation in Kurdish-majority towns, where more than 40 people were reported killed by security forces last week.
Iran ordered to shut down the newspaper for publishing news about the protests. The economy newspaper Jahan-é Sanat, which published articles accusing the security forces in Iran, where protests were shaken after the death of a young man named Mahsa Amini, was closed. Supreme National Security Council.
A source speaking to Mizan Online said the closure of the newspaper was due to “an article published by the newspaper on Saturday containing accusations against the police and security forces”.
At the end of October, the pro-reform daily Sazandegi reported that “more than 20 journalists were detained”. Other journalists were summoned by the authorities.
*with information from AFP
source: Noticias
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