Fire And Gunshots At Iran’s Evin Prison: Rights Group
Barron’s, October 15, 2022
AFP- Fire and gunshots erupted at the notorious Evin prison in northern Tehran on Saturday night, the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights reported, amid protests over the death of Mahsa Amini.
Flames and a plume of smoke could be seen billowing into the night sky and pops of what appeared to be gunfire could be heard in video footage shared by the human rights group on Twitter.
“A fire is spreading in Evin prison” and an “explosion was heard” from the facility, the 1500tasvir social media channel said on Twitter.
Chants of “Death to the dictator” — one of the main slogans of a month-long protest movement that has flared over the death of Amini — could be heard in the background of a video shared by 1500tasvir. Read More
Widespread protests mark end of ‘status quo’ for Iranian regime, dissident group says
The Washington Times, October 19, 2022
Fierce nationwide protests that have gripped Iran for the past month mark an inflection point for the country, said the leaders of a powerful exile Iranian dissident group on Wednesday. They urged the United Nations and governments across the globe to immediately expel all Iranian diplomats and escalate pressure on the theocratic regime in Tehran.
At a press conference Wednesday, officials with the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) — an umbrella group for Iranian dissidents who oppose the hard-line Iranian government — detailed what they said was the brutality committed by Iranian security forces since widespread demonstrations broke out 34 days ago. The protests were sparked by Masha Amini’s death last month while in custody of the country’s “morality police,” allegedly for wearing her hijab too loosely. Read More
Iran’s Bloody Protests Show Regime is Losing Control U.N. Envoy
Newsweek, October 18, 2022
Protests across Iran, which have entered their second month, pose a real threat to the country’s ruling regime, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights to the Islamic Republic of Iran, recently told Newsweek. ….
Sarah, a 21-year-old from Mahabad, in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province, who did not give her last name, is among those agitating for change. An activist with the MEK Resistance Units, which supports the Iranian opposition movement People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, she described the protesters as coming from all walks of life in a “most beautiful and lasting alliance.”
“The people are fed up with this regime,” she told Newsweek. “The extent of the uprising in different cities shows that there is an atmosphere of unity and there is hope.” Read More
Iran: At least 23 children killed with impunity during brutal crackdown on youthful protests
Amnesty International, October 13, 2022
Iranian security forces’ unlawful killings of at least 23 children shed further light on the authorities’ deadly resolve to crush the widespread, ongoing protests, which were sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini on 16 September and grew into what many in Iran say is a broader uprising against the Islamic Republic establishment, Amnesty International said today.
In a detailed statement, the organization lists the names and circumstances surrounding the killing of 23 children as a result of unlawful force during protests from 20 September to 30 September 2022. The victims included 20 boys aged between 11 and 17; and three girls, two of whom were 16 years old and one 17 years old. Most of the boys were killed by security forces unlawfully firing live ammunition at them. Two boys died after being shot with metal pellets at close range, while three girls and a boy died after fatal beatings by security forces. Read more
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