Amnesty claims that security forces deliberately shot dead 304 civilians • Thousands more have disappeared without leaving a trace and fear for their lives
Protesters in Tehran in recent wave of demonstrations // Photo: IPA
It has been about a month since the three days of riots took place across Iran (between November 15 and November 18), which erupted as a result of the regime's fuel price increase, and now the Amnesty International reports that 304 protesters were actually murdered explicitly and directly.
According to Philip Luther, in charge of the Middle East organization, "Our investigation shows a deliberate and accurate national organization of regime violence aimed at waging widespread terror and terror to suppress any opposition or opposition to the regime. This is not shooting or murder, but a real method."
According to the organization, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the Basij militia fired at the protesters' heads, towards their neck and center of mass, and not towards the legs, with the direct aim of killing, terrorizing and terrorizing the current wave of protests.
The organization's information is based on videos smuggled out of the Islamic Republic, and a thorough investigation of the evidence from the protest. Among the fatalities, according to the organization, children were also arrested and held in prisons for harsh prisoners, and also mentioned that according to the United Nations, at least 12 small children were killed in demonstrations. One of those killed is Muhammad Dastancha, a 15-year-old boy from Shiraz, who was shot dead while walking near the demonstration without Another young man who was murdered is 17-year-old Valirza Nuri, who was shot in one of Tehran's neighborhoods. "The regime must stop the denials of mass incarceration of children and release them immediately," Philip Luther said.
According to the organization's report, more than 304 fatalities, which were apparently deliberately shot, have been held by media outlets, human rights activists and thousands of people, including many students and members affiliated with the opposition. For illustration, Iranian media man Mohammed Masad was arrested on November 23 After he tweeted that the regime had downloaded the Internet in the country and blocked it from the world, he was released only after much pressure and effort.
Fire in Tehran // Photo: AFP
Human rights activist Suha Mortezai, 18, was arrested at the University of Tehran and has not been contacted by lawyers since. Members of the regime threatened to torture her with electricity and lock her in a mental hospital. In addition, major Azerbaijani minority activists were arrested in Tabriz without any cause. Mayor Ray, who is in Tehran province, said in connection with the arrests that he fears for the safety of the detainees because crowding in prisons is unbearable after the protests. Some of the detainees were abducted from the hospitals where they were hospitalized, and it is not at all clear if they are receiving medical treatment instead of their arrest. Another part has simply disappeared completely, and has nothing to do with it, neither the families nor the lawyers on their behalf.
An Iranian opposition activist told Amnesty: "Since the protests I have been hiding so they will not arrest me, they have shot me and beaten me. I am severely wounded on foot but not receiving treatment. They came to my house, I am in a situation similar to prison." Further evidence shows that hundreds of lorries, including many children, arrived in prison in Karaj, with everyone tied up and blindfolded. The detainees were abused and beaten by their prison guards.
The organization calls on the countries of the world to act on the issue, noting that even the Iranian authorities have partially admitted at least 7000 detainees, who are in fact "agents and activists with other powers" as defined by Khamene's supreme leader, and are in great danger.
