A woman in Tehran, Iran sets fire to her hijab during protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, September 20, 2022
UPDATES: Iran Protests Defy Regime’s “Today is the Last Day”
Iran’s Hijab Protests Challenge Legitimacy of A Weakened Regime
UPDATE 1002 GMT:
At least 35 people were wounded when security forces opened fire on Sunday in Marivan in Kurdistan northwest Iran, according to the Norway-based Kurdish human rights group Hengaw.
Kurdistan was the starting point for the eight-week nationwide protests. Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody sparked the rising, was born and lived in Saqqez.
The latest protest in Marivan was fuelled by the death in Tehran of student Nasrin Ghadri, who was a native of the city. Hengaw said she was killed on Saturday when she was beaten over the head by police, and was buried at dawn without a funeral ceremony at the insistence of authorities.
UPDATE, NOV 7:
Iran’s Parliament has declared protesters to be dangerous criminals who should face execution.
Of 290 MPs in the Majlis, 227 supported the request to the judiciary to issue “retribution” sentences.
But the legislators’ threat is already being challenged.
Students continue a sit-in at Noushirvani University in Babol in northern Iran on Tuesday.
اعتراضات سراسری؛ امروز یکشنبه ۱۵ آبان ماه ۱۴۰۱، ویدئویی از تجمع دانشجویان معترض دانشگاه صنعتی نوشیروانی #بابل#اعتراض #اعتراضات_سراسری #مهسا_امینی #ژینا_امینی #MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/069yZJIV9m
— خبرگزاری هرانا (@hra_news) November 6, 2022
Protesters in southern Tehran express solidarity with those in northwest and southeast Iran who have been repressed, detained, and even slain by Iranian security forces.
The chant: “Kurdistan, Zahedan, favourites of Iran”.
اعتراضات سراسری؛ امروز یکشنبه ۱۵ آبان ماه ۱۴۰۱، شماری از شهروندان معترض در هفت حوض #تهران، با سردادن شعارهایی از قبیل "کردستان زاهدان، چشم و چراغ ایران"، دست به تجمع اعتراضی زدند.#اعتراضات_سراسری #اعتراض #مهسا_امینی #ژینا_امینی pic.twitter.com/eTKDdZBtz7
— خبرگزاری هرانا (@hra_news) November 6, 2022
A cleric is greeted by a school class chanting, “Death to the Dictator”:
Mullah kommt in eine Schule. Buhrufe und „Tod dem Diktator“. Mullah geht wieder. 6. November. #IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/ifnSgWuqSz
— Shoura Hashemi (@ShouraHashemi) November 6, 2022
UPDATE 1445 GMT:
Security forces have reportedly carried out another mass killing of protesters in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran.
Amnesty International said up to 10 people may have been killed in the city of Khash when security personnel opened fire on demonstrators, some of whom threw stones.
The province, on the border with Pakistan, has become a center of the protests as security forces killed more than 100 worshippers and demonstrators since September 30.
Iran’s leading Sunni cleric, Molavi Abdolhamid, continued his challenge to the regime over its crackdown.
Abdolhamid, the Friday Prayers leader in Zahedan, said, “Should live ammunition be the response to slogans and stone throwing? One wonders…why protesting people of this province are mercilessly massacred.”
UPDATE 1420 GMT:
The Human Rights Activist News Agency reports that 314 demonstrators, including 47 juveniles, have been killed by security forces in the 50 days of protest. About 38 security personnel have been slain.
At least 14,170 people have been arrested, including 392 students.
UPDATE, NOV 6:
Videos confirmed protests on Saturday in at least 11 cities across nine of Iran’s 31 provinces.
The locations including the capital Tehran and nearby Karaj; Sanandaj in Iranian Kurdistan; Arak in the northwest; Shahrekord in the west; Neyshabour in the northeast; and Ahwaz in the south.
Today, kharazmi University in Tehran. Students chant, “Machine gun, tank cannon, under the leader's robe.” A chant that hints at Khamenei’s role & responsibility in the violence & killings of protesters in #Iran. #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی #IranRevolution2022 pic.twitter.com/YPTmpMYfs8
— Omid Memarian (@Omid_M) November 5, 2022
UPDATE 1114 GMT:
Images of defiance from Iranian women….
In Amol in northern Iran, remembering a protester killed by Iranian security forces, women take off and burn their hijabs.
At the 40th day commemoration on 3 November marking the Iran regime murder of climber Ghazaleh Chalabi, women in city of Amol begin torching their hijabs and chanting. “I will kill, I will kill, he who killed my sister.”
How does a dictator fight this? What can the regime do? pic.twitter.com/Pcm60VvZTW
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) November 4, 2022
A woman at the regime-organized event on Friday does not cover her head.
Incredible bravery shown today by a lone Iranian woman not wearing mandatory hijab amongst a sea of regime supporters marking the 43rd anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis.
Photo by Arshideh Shahangi#MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/LMn9koYDmc
— Holly Dagres (@hdagres) November 4, 2022
UPDATE 1100 GMT:
Already at a historic low, the Iranian currency is close to free fall.
The Iranian rial has plummeted to 364,600:1 v. the US dollar after the reopening of the currency market on Saturday.
That is a drop of almost 5% on Thursday’s level of 346,200:1, and a fall of about 15% in nine days.
UPDATE 1045 GMT:
Iran’s top Sunni Muslim cleric has called for an immediate referendum, with the presence of international observers, to “change policies based on the wishes of the people.”
Molavi Abdulhamid issued the call in his Friday Prayers sermon in Zahedan.
The Iranian regime did not respond.
Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southern Iran, has become one of the centers of the national protests. Iranian security forces have tried but failed to contain the demonstration, killing about 100 worshippers and protesters — including at least 66 on September 30.
Abdulhamid has maintained the challenge for rights and reforms, saying senior officials — including the Supreme Leader — are “responsible” for the mass killings.
Demonstrations continued across Sistan and Baluchestan on Friday. Videos indicated security personnel tried to disrupt the gatherings with gunfire.
UPDATE, NOV 5:
Iranian students have spoken to Deepa Parent of The Guardian about detentions and beatings of their classmates as security forces try to crush the nationwide protests entering their eighth week.
“Anousheh” said of an assault by security forces as she left her Tehran campus last weekend:
One of my best friends was arrested outside the campusa nd I still don’t know where he is. The security forces were waiting for students to exit the university and they started beating us with batons.
We all ran for our lives. We have been warned by our faculty to stop the protests immediately to avoid arrests [but] we are not stopping.
In Iran’s second city Mashhad, “Karim” was among 200 students who gathered on October for the 40th day commemoration for Mahsa Amini, whose death in police custody sparked the protests.
Security forces locked the gates of the university and blocked the exits. Students were detained and beaten as they tried to leave.
After three hours, with security forces using teargas and batons, I managed to get out but at least seven of my friends have since been detained this week. Once they’re taken away, no one knows where they are. University officials are powerless.
I don’t know a single friend who hasn’t witnessed a kidnapping, arrest or hasn’t helped save an injured friend. Student unions here in Mashhad believe at least 50 students have been arrested in our city alone.
Another Mashhad student spoke of an attack by security forces on October 29.
One of my closest friends was beaten so badly that I’ve spent the past four days caring for him at the hospital….
I know that more students have been arrested throughout the week. We don’t know where they are or if they’re safe. Next time they lock us in, they’ll kill dozens of us.
UPDATE 1248 GMT:
Demonstrations are taking place across Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran. Security forces, who have killed scores of worshippers and protesters since Sept. 30, appear to have opened fire again.
Protests today, November 4, in the Iranian Baluch cities of Zahedan، Rask and Khash, following Friday prayers pic.twitter.com/uXz5tmQ2EW
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) November 4, 2022
Khamenei regime gunmen appear to have opened fire on peaceful Iranian protesters in the southeast city of Khash, in Baluchistan pic.twitter.com/TOG9CQdGlb
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) November 4, 2022
UPDATE 1242 GMT:
Graphic video shows a woman calling out “Mom!” while trying to revive her mother, shot by regime gunmen in Fuladshahr in central Iran.
UPDATE 1200 GMT:
Forty prominent Iranian human rights lawyers have risked arrest with a statement challenging the crackdowns on protests, including imprisonment of their collegues.
The government is still drowning in illusions and believes it can repress, arrest and kill to silence.
But the flood of people will ultimately remove a government because the divine will side with the people. The voice of the people is the voice of God.
UPDATE, NOV 4:
Protests spread across Iran on Thursday as demonstrators pushed back against repression by the regime’s security forces.
The most serious confrontations were in Karaj, near Tehran, after security personnel tried to prevent the 40th commemoration for Hadis Najafi, a 22-year-old woman killed by regime forces on September 21.
The security forces blocked roads leading to the cemetery where Najafi is buried and fired live ammunition and tear gas. Video confirmed the gunshots in the air and at protesters as people sheltered in cars.
ویدیویی از 'تیراندازی ماموران در #کرج، ۱۲ آبان'
شهروندانی که در این وضعیت خم شده بودند زیر صندلی، فیلم هم گرفتند.#حدیث_نجفی #مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/fMPX0mUehj— Vahid Online (@Vahid) November 3, 2022
Protesters responded with barriers, including a wall of cinderblocks, and threw stones and possibly Molotov cocktails at security personnel, stations, and vehicles. A Basij militiaman was killed and five Law Enforcement Command officers injured. A cleric was also seriously hurt.
تصویری از مقابله معترضین شرکتکننده در مراسم چهلم #حدیث_نجفی با نیروهای حکومتی؛ بر اساس تصاویر منتشر شده در شبکههای اجتماعی در هشتمین هفته از اعتراضات پس از کشته شدن #مهسا_امینی اعتراضات مردمی شدت گرفته است. pic.twitter.com/F9q6V3eHuL
— RadioFarda|راديو فردا (@RadioFarda_) November 3, 2022
Gunmen also killed a cleric at a Shia Muslim mosque in Zahedan in southern Iran, where security forces have killed about 100 worshippers and protesters since September 30.
State media identified the victim as Sajjad Shahraki. “A special task force has been formed for the purpose of identifying and arresting the perpetrators,” said Ahmad Taheri, the police commander of Sistan-Baluchestan Province.
A Revolutionary Guards soldier, Hamid Pournorouz, was reportedly stabbed to death in Lahijan in northern Iran. He had served in the Iranian intervention against the Syrian intervention as well in the crackdown on the current protests.
UPDATE 1051 GMT:
Addressing Iranian students, the Supreme Leader has fired another volley at the nationwide protests.
Presenting no evidence, Ayatollah Khamenei asserted, “The events over the past few weeks weren’t simple street riots. The enemy started a hybrid war. The US, Israel, some sly, vicious European powers, and certain groups used whatever they had to do this.”
Like other officials this week, Khamenei tried to present some protesters as misguided and not needing punishment:
There were some young people or teenagers taking part. These are our children, we don’t have issues with them. That was out of excitement, emotion and some negligence in understanding issues.
The regime is targeting “the main directors who enter with plots”, he continued.
Trying to wish away the demonstrations, Khamenei declared about “enemies”, “The Iranian nation truly returned their punch and defeated them.”
UPDATE 1042 GMT:
Another 40th day commemoration for a protester slain by Iran’s security forces:
Protesters gather today November 3 for the 40th day commemoration of Hadis Najafi, 22-year-old killed by Iran regime forces in Karaj pic.twitter.com/dNE739CDus
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) November 3, 2022
UPDATE 1019 GMT:
Among the latest detainees are journalist Yaghma Fashkhami and economist Davoud Soori, a former professor at Sharif University.
The Volunteer Committee to Follow-Up on the Situation of Detainees says that as of October 30, Iranian security agencies have arrested 130 human rights defenders, 38 women rights defenders, 36 political activists, 19 lawyers, and 38 journalists. The majority are still in detention.
The agencies have also arrested 308 university students and 44 children.
UPDATE 1012 GMT:
The players of Tehran’s Esteglhal football club have dedicated their league title to the “nation’s women”.
The subdued players said victory was bitter amid Iran’s situation. State TV cut away, but the team has been acclaimed by the public.
Iran’s @fcesteghlaliran makes l subdued, forced celebration after winning season championship. Asked why, player Siavash Yazdani says it was bitter victory and offers condolences to Iran, and says a not celebrating was least they could do. Devotes victory to “nation’s women” pic.twitter.com/hk0EWvUBer
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) November 2, 2022
UPDATE, NOV 3: The Iranian currency is sinking to yet another all-time low, and the decline is accelerating.
The rial is at 346,100:1 v. the US dollar on Thursday morning, a fall of about 2% in 24 hours and a decline of almost 10% in a week.
The currency has steadily declined since March, when expectations of the renewal of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal were dashed. The weakening has been compounded by economic uncertainty as protests enter an eighth week.
Protests on Wednesday night in one of Tehran’s oldest quarters:
تجمع شبانه معترضان در خیابان سلسبیل تهران و شعار مرگ بر دیکتاتور؛ ۱۱ آبان pic.twitter.com/exCb03xvo0
— VOA Farsi صدای آمریکا (@VOAfarsi) November 3, 2022
UPDATE 1426 GMT:
Staff at Namazi hospital in Shiraz call for the release of detainees and for action for rights and freedom.
گروهی از کادر پزشکی بیمارستان نمازی شیراز با دست گرفتن شعارهای اعتراضی صف کشیدند و از خیزش مردمی حمایت کردند pic.twitter.com/nZyAJsEc9v
— ايران اينترنشنال (@IranIntl) November 1, 2022
UPDATE 1422 GMT:
The Committee to Protect Journalists has documented 51 journalists who have been arrested since nationwide protests began on September 16.
UPDATE 1319 GMT:
Iranian authorities have arrested three more lawyers.
Nazanin Salari, Bahar Sahrayan, and Mohammad Taravatruy were seized in Shiraz on Monday.
UPDATE 0914 GMT:
Protests and a general strike are reported in Kurdistan in northwest Iran today.
Protests and a general strike across Sanandaj today, November 2 pic.twitter.com/DXLSu54U7N
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) November 2, 2022
UPDATE 0910 GMT:
Video is circulating of the apparent murder of a man by security personnel in the Naziabad district of Tehran.
The clip shows the regime’s enforcers kicking and beating the man. The Interior Ministry says it will investigate: “The police do not approve of violent and unconventional behavior.”
UPDATE 0853 GMT:
Prominent rapper Toumaj Salehi has been paraded on Iranian State TV, recanting his support of protests.
Salehi and his friends were arrested earlier this week in a raid by 50 security personnel. He was blindfolded and apparently subjected to psychological abuse.
اولین تصاویر از رعب و وحشت توماج صالحی حین دستگیری در خواب:
اشتباه کردم. من قصدم شما نبودید! pic.twitter.com/14UvzeP9IJ
— باشگاه خبرنگاران جوان | YJC (@yjc___agency) November 2, 2022
UPDATE 0825 GMT:
At least 15 Iranian Kurds and one Iraqi Kurdish citizen have been killed by Iran’s security forces in the past week, reports the Kurdish human rights organization Hengaw.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Kurdistan in northwest Iran on October 26 to commemorate the 40th day since Mahsa Amini, of Saqqez in the region, died in police custody.
The security forces cracked down on the rallies on the 26th and the next four days, firing bullets and tear gas.
Killings were reported in Mahabad, Sanandaj, Baneh, Qasr-e-Shirin, and Piranshahr. Among the victims are three women and three teenagers.
Fourteen of the victims were killed by gunfire. A 16-year-old girl was beaten to death by batons, while a man was suffocated to tear gas.
UPDATE 0718 GMT:
Iran’s currency has plummeted to a new all-time low against the US dollar.
The rial broke the mark on Tuesday, and has lost another 1.5% on Wednesday to stand at 340,000:1 v. the dollar.
After setting a previous low last year, the rial regained about 20% of its value with the prospect of a renewed Iran nuclear deal. However, talks with the 5+1 Powers (US, UK, France, Germany, China, and Russia) stalled in March, and the Iranian economy has been further shaken by almost seven weeks of nationwide protests.
UPDATE, NOV. 2:
Another case of Iran’s authorities harassing the parents of a victim killed by security forces….
Ghazaleh Chalabi, 33, was shot in the head as she filmed a demonstration in Amol in northern Iran on 27 September. A commemoration for the 40th day of her death is scheduled for Thursday.
Chalabi’s mobile phone video was uploaded on social media. Just before slipping into a coma, she said, “Do not be afraid, do not be afraid.” Five days later, she died.
Chalabi’s aunt explained:
She was shot from the front. There was a small hole in her forehead. The bullet came out from behind her head so that the back of her head had a hole the size of a tangerine.
While Chalabi was in a coma, her parents were repeatedly harassed by security forces, said the aunt. The personnel said they would withhold her body and bury her in an unknown location “if [her parents] made a noise”.
The security forces threatened to take retaliatory action against Chalabi’s brother if her parents broke their silence. They rejected Chalabi’s wish for her organs to be donated to others.
UPDATE 1651 GMT:
Marking the 40th day of the death of Siavosh Mahmoodi, a crowd chants at Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in Tehran, “If you kill one, thousands will follow”.
40. Todestag von #SiavoshMahmoodi heute am Beheshte Zahra Friedhof in Teheran. Sie rufen, viele ohne Kopftuch: „Tötet ihr einen, kommen Tausend nach“. Größter Friedhof im #Iran. Wann immer wir dort drehen wollten, mussten wir es heimlich tun, weil hohes Sicherheitsaufgebot. pic.twitter.com/chpdsph0YI
— Natalie Amiri (@NatalieAmiri) November 1, 2022
UPDATE 1639 GMT:
A scene from Kurdistan University in Sanandaj in northwest Iran:
Powerful! Today, hand in hand, male and female students at Kurdistan university dance and chant, “Woman, Life, Freedom.” #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی #IranRevolution2022 pic.twitter.com/MRwbc1JDuq
— Omid Memarian (@Omid_M) November 1, 2022
The Tehran West branch of Azad University:
اعتراضات سراسری؛ امروز سه شنبه ۱۰ آبان ماه ۱۴۰۱، شماری از دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد واحد تهران غرب، با سردادن شعارهایی دست به تجمع اعتراضی زدند.#اعتراضات_سراسری #مهسا_امینی #ژینا_امینی #تجمع #تهران #حقوق_بشر pic.twitter.com/9qaUMXHqHV
— خبرگزاری هرانا (@hra_news) November 1, 2022
Students occupy the administration building of Amirkabir University in Tehran, calling for the reinstatement of suspended classmates:
در پی عدم حضور و پاسخ حسن قدسیپور، رییس دانشگاه امیرکبیر تهران به دانشجویان معترض به تعلیق و فشار به همکلاسیهایشان، دانشجویان با ورود به ساختمان ریاست، آن را تصرف کرده و با شعار استعفا جلسه رییس دانشگاه را به هم زدند pic.twitter.com/63Qobygprt
— ايران اينترنشنال (@IranIntl) November 1, 2022
UPDATE 1109 GMT:
As medical personnel demonstrate in solidarity with nationwide protests, security forces have killed at least one doctor and detained at least seven in Tehran and Mashhad.
Dr. Parisa Bahmani, a general surgeon in Zanjan, was killed when state security forces tried to suppress a protest in front of the headquarters of the Tehran Medical Council on October 26. Dr. Moayed Alavian, the president of the TMC was injured when he was punched by a security officer.
Among those detained are Dr. Mohammad Razi, who had just resigned as Vice President of the TMC; general surgeon Dr. Hashem Moazenzadeh ; Dr. Alireza Sedaghat, the head of the Mashhad Medical Council, and his wife Dr. Bita Mirzaei, the Council’s technical deputy; Dr. Reyhaneh Mokhtarian; and Dr. Ramin Neshasteh.
Dr. Dariush Farhoud, 84, known as the father of genetics in Iran, was abducted on October Sunday. He was reportedly released after 26 hours.
The Tehran Medical Council has stated, “We condemn the military, police, security, and unidentified forces for entering medical universities and hospitals and demand that they stop.” It called “for the protection of the detainees and their families”.
UPDATE 1106 GMT:
Students at Kurdistan University in Sanandaj in northwest Iran thank two guards who prevented pro-regime gunmen from firing on a demonstration.
تقدیر دانشجویان دانشگاە کردستان از دو مامور انتظامات دانشگاە کردستان کە روز گذشتە سعی کردند با سپر کردن خود از ورود نیروهای سرکوبگر بە دانشگاە جلوگیری کنند. #مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/r3W8N2kilO
— Sasan Amjadi (@SasanAmjadi) October 31, 2022
UPDATE 0955 GMT:
The Iranian currency has sunk to an all-time low against the US dollar.
The rial stands at 336,600:1 v. the dollar on Tuesday, breaking the mark of 334,200:1 set on October 13.
UPDATE 0906 GMT:
An example of the summary “justice” being handed out to protesters….
The mother of Mohammad Ghobadlo, charged with “corruption on earth”, said in a video:
My son is only 22 years old and he is also ill. They deprived him of having a lawyer and do not allow lawyers to enter the court.
They interrogated him without having access to a lawyer, and sentenced him to death after only one hearing.
Is this Islamic justice? In which court of law do they sentence people to death after just one hearing? They are going to execute him soon.
I ask people to help.
ORIGINAL ENTRY: Iran’s regime has begun mass indictments of protesters for forthcoming show trials.
Nationwide protests over compulsory hijab and the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody are now in their seventh weeks. Despite the killing of almost 300 people by security forces, mass detentions, and restrictions on the Internet, they show no sign of ebbing.
On Monday, Tehran Provincial Chief Justice Ali al Ghasi Mehr announced the indictment of about 1,000 protesters. Shiraz Provincial Chief Justice Asadollah Jafari said another 70 — six of whom the regime has already found guilty — have been charged.
Mehr and Jafari both said the judiciary will open the trials to the public.
The indictments were reinforced with more inflammatory statements from regime officials. Judiciary head Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said individuals who participate in multiple protests are “in the enemy’s ranks” and subject to harsher sentences.
The threat was in sharp contrast to an attempt at conciliation — at least with some of the demonstrators — by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who said on Sunday:
We consider the protests to be not only correct and the cause of progress, but we also believe that these social movements will change policies and decisions, provided that they are separated from violent people, criminals and separatists.
With universities at the forefront of the protests, Qalibaf met students on Monday. Iranian State media said the Supreme Leader will address selected students on Wednesday.
Among the areas with protests on Monday were Teheran, Karaj, Arak, Tabriz, Rasht, Bandar Abbas, Mahabad, Bukan, Marivan, Sardasht, Piranshahr, Sanandaj, and Abdanan.
In a sign of the strain on the regime, MP Mehdi Bagheri said on Monday that “morality police” — who detained and reportedly beat Amini on September 13, leading to her death and the protests — are not on patrol. Bagheri said the Law Enforcement Command cannot both act against protests and maintain the morality units.
The Latest Demonstrations at Iran’s University
Students at Shahrood University in Semnan in northern Iran on Monday:
دانشجویان دانشگاه صنعتی شاهرود در حمایت از دانشجویان بازداشتی و در همراهی با خیزش سراسری علیه جمهوری اسلامی، روز دوشنبه نهم آبان در محوطه دانشگاه دست به تجمع زده و شعار «توپ تانک مسلسل دیگر اثر ندارد، به مادرم بگویید دیگر دختر ندارد» و «هیز تویی هرزه تویی، دختر آزاده منم» سردادند pic.twitter.com/PlwaSOZQ8V
— ايران اينترنشنال (@IranIntl) October 31, 2022
Sirjan University in southern Iran:
سيرجان ٩ آبان ١٤٠١ اعتراض دانشجويان دانشگاه سيرجان با شعار "آزادي آزادي آزادي"#اعتراضات_دانشجويي #اعتصابات_اعتراضات_سراسري #آبان_خونين#مهسا_اميني #زن_زندگي_آزادي @kanoonmodafean pic.twitter.com/CYAfqVmoDP
— کانون مدافعان حقوق کارگر (@kanoonmodafean) October 31, 2022
Shahid Madani University in Tabriz:
اعتراضات سراسری؛ امروز دوشنبه ۹ آبان ۱۴۰۱، شماری از دانشجویان دانشگاه «شهید مدنی» آذربایجان با سر دادن شعارهایی دست به تجمع اعتراضی زدند. #اعتراضات_سراسری #اعتراض #تجمع #حقوق_بشر #مهسا_امینی #ژینا_امینی #دانشجویان #mahsaamini pic.twitter.com/OqJ4q562rP
— خبرگزاری هرانا (@hra_news) October 31, 2022
Amir Kabir University in Tehran:
اعتراضات سراسری؛ امروز دوشنبه ۹ آبان ۱۴۰۱، شماری از دانشجویان دانشگاه امیرکبیر #تهران با سر دادن شعارهایی دست به تجمع اعتراضی زدند. #اعتراضات_سراسری #اعتراض #تجمع #حقوق_بشر #مهسا_امینی #ژینا_امینی #دانشجویان #mahsaamini pic.twitter.com/rP871X7aDL
— خبرگزاری هرانا (@hra_news) October 31, 2022
[Editor’s Note: When John Bolton and the Iranian regime are on the same side….]
John Bolton tells the BBC that the “protesters” are being armed from Iraq: https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/1433874
He confirms what the authorities have claimed amid reports of weapons being seized: https://news.am/eng/news/728968.html
Father Outraged After Son Allegedly Killed For Honking His Car Horn In Support Of Iranian Protests
https://www.rferl.org/a/father-outraged-son-death-honking-horn-iran-protests/32119483.html
[Editor’s Note: The latest in a series of slain protesters who died of “illness”.]
Nasrin Ghaderi died of illness according to the coroner: https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5625973
The student from Marivan, Kurdistan, is alleged to have been beaten to death by police according to IranWire and the BBC.
[Editor’s Note: This site only posts numbers of protesters observed in videos. Thus, it is *not* an indicator of how many protesters are demonstrating across Iran.]
Protest numbers continue to fall: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fg77CONVQAEvedb?format=jpg&name=medium
The beach soccer team were prevented from contacting their family and reporters upon arrival at the airport
https://twitter.com/Hammihanonline/status/1589585272899239937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1589585272899239937%7Ctwgr%5E58010266aeeae957a338c861448892bba91c871b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiofarda.com%2Fa%2F32042577.html
Khamenei calls out those who think placating Washington is good for Iran: https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1589361562082750464
“Some say when you chant “Down with the US,” this causes the US to become hostile toward you. But no! No one was chanting “Down with the US” in 1953 when the US toppled a government in Iran that had been elected by the people. But they inflicted the blow they had in mind.”
The US also helped the Shah set up and train SAVAK, his feared secret police, armed the military that kept him in power and supported the complete consolidation of royal authority in 1975 when the Shah banned all political parties except his own, Rastakhiz.
Four Police Officers Killed In Unclear Circumstances In Iran As Unrest Continues
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-police-officers-killed-unrest-protests-amini/32117761.html
Iran’s protests fuel ethnic tensions: https://www.ft.com/content/19ed45ec-2739-486d-999b-b7d9652722e6
“Iran’s hardline politicians fear lengthy unrest makes the country vulnerable to threats from ethnic separatists and Islamist insurgents.”
There is no evidence of ethnic tension between people whatsoever, iranians have never been as united as they are in getting rid of islamic mullahs.
[Editor’s Note: Commenter is misleading in asserting, without evidence, that many people on the list were not killed by security forces.
“The cause of death in majority of the cases was direct gunfire by the security forces at protesters’ vital organs, mostly in the head or chest. In the case of Zahedan, live ammunition was also fired at the protesters from military helicopters which leaves no doubt that state agents were involved and shot to kill.
In many instances where IranWire was able to examine photos of the bodies, the protesters were hit from the back, which suggests that the victims were running away from the security forces and did not pose any imminent threat to their security.”]
Iranwire releases updated list of those killed in the unrest: https://iranwire.com/en/politics/108299-remembering-victims-iran-protests-2022/
The list contains the names of 163 protesters and bystanders killed up until October 30th along with their gender, age and location. Just 6 are reported for the capital, Tehran (one is a mistake as the person was actually killed in Nowshahr). Many are reported as having been killed by the security forces, but many others are not. 150 of them are male, 13 are female. 74 were from Zahedan in Baluchestan.
Meanwhile, the deaths of security officers keep increasing with 42 now confirmed killed: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fg2_wjKakAEbtsK?format=jpg&name=large
227 members of iri parliament demand execution of protesters. Ok, remember, you are putting this option on the table, you just might regret ever suggesting this.
https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32117873.html
Iranian national beach soccer team facing UAE refuse to chant iri anthem
iri national soccer team cover iri symbol
https://twitter.com/rogbennett/status/1574821422777733131
Fresh Anti-Government Protests Take Place In Iran, Despite Widening Crackdown
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-crackdown-amini-tehran/32117055.html
[Editor’s Note: There is no verification of commenter’s assertion of 250,000 at the pro-regime event in Qom.]
Scene from Qom yesterday: https://twitter.com/i/status/1588516921015930883
It is claimed that 250,000 attended the rally after Friday prayers.
[Editor’s Note: This link from a pro-regime outlet does not work.]
11 of the protesters at the “mourning event” on the Karaj-Qazvin highway arrested trying to flee Iran: https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news
A number of security officers and a cleric were stabbed, one fatally during the incident.
Apologies: https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1401/08/14/2799333
Iran Acknowledges Sending Drones To Russia For First Time
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-drones-russia-ukraine-war/32116873.html
[Editor’s Note: To put this latest propaganda in perspective, the population of Iran is about 86.5 million people. So more than 1 in 9 Iranians were supposedly in the pro-regime marches.
As for the tweet from Marandi, the de facto English-language propagandist for the regime, the video does not show “more than million” people. It is a clip of people over a few city blocks, repeated a couple of times to make the crowd look much bigger.]
Fars claims 10 million attended today’s rallies after Friday prayers: https://www.farsnews.ir/tehran/news/14010813000648
“People took part in marches with their enthusiastic presence, which preliminary assessment shows that more than one million people participated in the march in Tehran”. A helicopter video shows streets in Tehran lined for miles: https://twitter.com/i/status/1588538092020908037
“Fars claims 10 million…”
By saying this you are trying to save yourself credibility, because it wasn’t your claim???
reza, you belong to the same diseased rat infested gutter as the rest of your murderous iri colleagues. You are not going to shake that no matter what language and posture you take.
More scenes from Khash where protesters tried to storm the governor’s office: https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/1148813
Khash, incidentally, is the county that voted >80% for Mousavi in 2009, the highest for the challenger.
Molavi abodlhamid, the sunni cleric in zahedan calls for referendum
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protesters-violent-response/32114495.html
Videos Of Latest Protests In Iranian Cities Appear To Show Violent Response Of Security Forces
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protesters-violent-response/32114495.html
[Editor’s Note: Commenter leaves out the key sentence from President Biden — “They’re gonna free themselves pretty soon”]
Biden vows to ‘free Iran’ in West Coast campaign speech: https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-vows-free-iran-west-coast-campaign-speech-2022-11-04/
If ever you wanted more evidence of US involvement in the protests .
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Iranians attend rallies marking the takeover of the US embassy in 1979: https://www.mehrnews.com/news/5623989
[Editor’s Note: This is pro-regime puffery. While there are crowds in Tehran, there is no evidence that this is a “record attendance” for the annual commemoration on November 4 of the 1979 storming of the US Embassy.]
At least in Tehran, there has been a record attendance for the Nov 4th annual event: https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1401/08/13/2798705
PressTV has more on the Karaj highway violence: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/11/03/692098/Alborz-Province-armed-rioters-Karaj-Mahsa-Amini-
“Protests have turned violent in Iran’s Alborz Province, west of the capital Tehran, with reports saying armed rioters have killed a member of the Basij volunteer force and injured at least 10 police officers in the unrest…….In a separate development on Thursday, IRNA reported that unidentified armed men had killed a Shia cleric in charge of daily prayers at a mosque in Iran’s southeastern city of Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchestan Province.”
There are a lot protests across the country and clashes by security forces, a few “40th day” ceremonies that regime has tried to interrupt in tehran, karaj, and other cities
https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-protests-clash-anti-riot-police-protesters/32114170.html
“Mourners” marking the 40th day commemoration of Hadis Najafi’s death murder a Baseej officer and stab policemen and a cleric near Karaj: https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1401/08/12/2798495
Fars has videos of the incident on the highway showing the stabbings: https://www.farsnews.ir/alborz/news/14010812000556
“That is a valid point. But we can only estimate what we observe. The rest is speculation. Moreover, the same protesters have been seen present on the streets on successive days.”
reza, I don’t know who exactly you are trying to fool.
Just watch the videos of savage beatings and murders of people in the streets by your murderous colleagues, make your medical diagnoses of bodies about how they had pre-existing medical condition, then come back few days later to confirm that “yup my diagnoses were correct”. That is more like you.
“This is only a fraction count of protesters since many demonstrations are not captured video, and of those protests where there is a video clip, not all demonstrators can be seen.”
That is a valid point. But we can only estimate what we observe. The rest is speculation. Moreover, the same protesters have been seen present on the streets on successive days.
Iran’s super cup TV broadcast for soccer esteghlal(the winner of the cup) team on stage suddenly gets cuts off the air…..don’t have any detail yet. It has something to do with death of the fans in protests in city of Babol…..the players are all very somber…..not how you react when you win the cup
https://twitter.com/Mhnike7/status/1587827832398516224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1587827832398516224%7Ctwgr%5Ecf01168e9a726bc67f168a5bd7afde4ebf4ad562%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiofarda.com%2Fa%2F32042577.html
Shocking Video Emerges Showing Apparent Police Brutality By Iranian Police
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-video-police-brutality/32112151.html
I’m sure reza has a pre-condtion for this case lined up…
iri is sending a group to Austria to negotiate
https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-to-send-team-to-vienna-to-discuss-nuclear-work-with-iaea/32112428.html
Well, you never know, the hotel valet might be free after midnight for a chat or coffee.
mullahs are in position of what we in farsi call “be gooz gooz oftadan” (begging)
I was watching a video of security forces raiding Ekbatan ( a region near tehran), they were using a loud speaker blasting the neighborhood and shouting so people could hear it good: ” what do you think if necessary we cut throat of our own family and children but don’t give in to your demands…”
Well, I don’t know about you, but to me it says khamenei is scared shitless of what might be ahead for him. He is using every tactic to intimidate the population and so far non have worked
Iranian Protesters Block Operations At Taftan Mine For Second Time
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protesters-close-mine-second-time/32110982.html
Iranian Professor Confirms He Was Kidnapped By Security Agents
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-professor-confirms-kidnapping-security-agents/32110924.html
“Head of khamenei’s representatives in universities”, mostafa roastami says 55% of iran’s popuation approve of protests(44mln), while 83% of that number did not go to streets(17% did go to streets).
reza,
That is 7,480,000 million participated in protests. Do you want me to draw pictures for you, a cartoon perhaps.
https://www.radiofarda.com/a/approval-of-protests-by-more-than-half-of-iran-s-population/32110886.html
LOL. So you are claiming that he thought twice as many people participated in these protests than showed up in the massive Gezi Park protests of 2013 in Turkey let alone the 2009 election protests in Iran?! Even Iranwire is claiming just 175,000 took part according to “leaked” government reports: https://iranwire.com/en/politics/109121-iranwire-excusive-government-report-says-average-age-of-arrested-protesters-is-17/
“At least 175,000 people participated in anti-government protests across the country by mid October, and the average age of those arrested by police was 17, according to a confidential government report obtained by IranWire.”
[Editor’s Note: This is only a fraction count of protesters since many demonstrations are not captured video, and of those protests where there is a video clip, not all demonstrators can be seen.]
The latest tally by Mark Pyrouz (based on verified visual evidence) is 81,416 since Sept 16th (unclear how many are repeat head counts, namely the same protesters coming to the streets on many days): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgiPbIwUoAAAN4L?format=jpg&name=medium
I did not make any “claims”. I simply and literally calculated the numbers the regime official “claimed”, take it up with him.
I also don’t believe all the numbers. The number of people agreeing with protests are much higher than 55%. I have talked to many of my friends in their 40-60+ who don’t go out, and I have heard their sketchy reasons.
But I am not as obsessed with numbers as you are, I have lived through an iranian revolution, I know how it shapes up, or not.
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This happened in the 2009 protests where an activist supporting Mousavi was killed in a car crash but it was claimed he was murdered.
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We don’t need any interpretations or re-writings of history of events of 2009, we could see iri thugs crushing people to death with their cars
As usual, liars can’t their story right
Iranwire has an updated list of 145 names of those killed in the unrest (excluding security officers): https://iranwire.com/en/politics/108299-remembering-victims-iran-protests-2022/
Fereshteh Ahmadi was shot and killed by a regime sniper while at her apartment’s window…her young daughter was with her and at the time and watched the event. Now the regime claims she was shot from inside the house, perhaps by her daughter ????
https://www.radiofarda.com/a/fereshteh-ahmadi-killed/32110692.html
Ex-head of BBC Persian found guilty of re-tweeting Photo-shopped material: https://twitter.com/SadeqSaba/status/1586805478448766976
The image of the couple is from an ad: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgYP0h0XEAAy68t?format=jpg&name=medium
[Editor’s Note: The regime line denying that Dr. Parisa Bahmani was killed by security forces on October 26.]
Parisa Bahmani died in a traffic accident: https://www.irna.ir/news/84927976
This happened in the 2009 protests where an activist supporting Mousavi was killed in a car crash but it was claimed he was murdered.
The headmaster of the school where Parmis Hamnava was allegedly beaten to death denies there being a student with that name: https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/716594
One correction I have to make is that the turnout for the Amini arbaeen event at Saqqez was over 10,000 as ISNA had claimed: https://twitter.com/INTELonIRAN/status/1587180800335704064
The numbers for 26th of October across Iran have been calculated to be over 18,000: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fgdgri7UcAESvVr?format=jpg&name=medium
Nothing that this murderous regime says can be believed on the face value.
There are families of people whom the regime claims were basijis killed in protests in kurdistan and elsewhere. Family reject these claims. iri has long history of claiming people that they have killed as one of their own….
On one hand they erase their own crime, and at the same time declare themselves victim
Good coverage….