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The death toll continues to rise, the UN expressed concern: the hijab riots in Iran continue to burn - voila! News

2022-09-27T19:47:20.277Z


According to reports, 76 protesters and police were killed in the protests that broke out following the death of a young woman who was arrested for wearing the head covering "carelessly". The demonstrations reached 80 cities, hundreds have already been arrested, including 20 journalists. Report: The police arrested the daughter of the former president of Iran, who is associated with opposition to the regime in Tehran


The death toll continues to rise, the UN expressed concern: the hijab riots in Iran continue to burn

According to reports, 76 protesters and police were killed in the protests that broke out following the death of a young woman who was arrested for wearing the head covering "carelessly".

The demonstrations reached 80 cities, hundreds have already been arrested, including 20 journalists.

Report: The police arrested the daughter of the former president of Iran, who is associated with opposition to the regime in Tehran

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 10:12 p.m. Updated: 10:38 p.m.

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Iran: Hijab protests continue, Raisi calls for confrontation with the protesters (Walla system!)

The death toll in the hijab riots across Iran, which have been going on for 11 consecutive days, rose today (Tuesday) to 76 protesters and police officers.

However, according to human rights organizations, the number of dead is greater than reported, but it is difficult to know the exact numbers due to the disruptions in the country's communication networks.

In addition, hundreds of people were arrested in protests, and according to reports, about 20 of them were journalists.



The protests that are setting the country on fire have already expanded to 80 cities.

At the same time, the office responsible for human rights at the United Nations expressed concern about the violence of the authorities, and called on the regime in Tehran to respect the right of the demonstrators to express their protest freely.

The hijab riots in Iran.

Last week (Photo: Reuters)

In the meantime, the Iranian news agency Tasnim, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, reported that Faiza Hashemi Rafsanjani, the daughter of the former president of Iran, was arrested by the security services "for inciting rioters to street demonstrations in eastern Tehran."

Hashemi is a women's rights activist and a harsh critic of the regime.

In the past, she was sentenced to various prison terms for her political and journalistic activities.



The protests that have spread throughout the country are the largest in three years.

While security forces fire live fire to quell the riots, protesters throw stones and set fire to vehicles and police vans.

Some protesters burned their hijabs as a sign of protest, others dance near large bonfires as other women shout alongside them "women, life, freedom".



At the same time, the regime in Tehran accuses other countries of encouraging the riots and taking a stand against the regime.

For example, the ambassadors of Great Britain and Norway were summoned on the grounds that the coverage of the events in their countries was done in a hostile manner.

This, alongside sanctions imposed by the United States on senior officials in Tehran and the morality police, who arrested the young woman, whose death ignited the riots.

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The photos of the young woman who died in custody.

Amini shelter (Photo: Reuters)

Last week, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi said that those who oppose security and peace in the country must be "resolutely confronted," Raisi said.

He made the remarks in a condolence call to the family of a security agent who was stabbed to death, apparently by protesters.

Following the demonstrations, Iran's police chief, Hossein Ashtari, warned that "those who are involved in sabotage and creating insecurity according to instructions from outside the country should know that they will be dealt with severely."

He also said that "the security of the people is our red line".



The young woman Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked the riots in Iran, was arrested by the moral police in Iran about two weeks ago, for wearing a hijab "sloppy".

She collapsed at the police station, went upstairs and died three days later in the hospital.

Authorities claimed she had a heart attack, but according to her family, there were no medical problems.

Also, Amini's father claimed that she suffered from injuries while she was in custody, and said that he considers the police responsible for her death.

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