Hijab Riots - Day 11: Iranian authorities campaign against celebrities
At least 76 people were killed by security forces in Iran during 11 days of public protest.
Fa'za Hashemi, the daughter of the former president of Iran, Akbar Hashemi, was arrested by agents of the security service, as well as sports and film stars
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09/28/2022
Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 11:16 a.m. Updated: 11:24 a.m.
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Iran: Hijab protests continue, Raisi calls for confrontation with the protesters (Walla system!)
At least 76 people have been killed by security forces in Iran during 11 days of public protest following the death of a young woman who was arrested by Iran's morality police, activists in the country reported.
Iran Journal of Rights (IHR), a Norwegian organization, accused the authorities of using disproportionate force and live ammunition to disperse the protests.
The country's media reported that 41 people were killed in the riots, including several members of the security forces.
She blamed the "protesters".
Hundreds of people were arrested, 20 of them journalists.
"The danger of using torture against the protesters is serious and the use of live ammunition against protesters is an international crime," said IHR director Mahmoud Amiri-Mordam.
"The world must protect the demands of the Iranian people for basic rights."
The UN Human Rights Agency said it was disturbed by the violent response of the authorities and urged them to respect the right to demonstrate without violence.
Demonstrations in Iran following the death of a young woman by the morality police (Photo: Reuters)
Demonstrations in Iran following the death of a young woman by the morality police (Photo: GettyImages)
Anti-government protests have spread to more than 80 cities and towns across Iran since the death of Mahsa Amini on September 17.
The 22-year-old Kurdish girl from the northwestern city of Saqez was visiting Tehran on September 13 when she was arrested by the morality police after they allegedly violated the law on wearing a headscarf.
She collapsed after being arrested and died in hospital after three days in a coma.
The police said she died after a sudden heart attack, but her family insists she had a full lung and died as a result of police abuse.
IHR reported that it had recorded 76 protesters across 14 provinces killed as of Monday, including six women and four children, adding that internet restrictions in the country were leading to a delay in reporting.
35 of the deaths reported in Mazandaran and Gilan provinces, north of Tehran, and 24 in the Kurdish provinces in northwestern Iran.
According to the organization, videos and death certificates it obtained confirm the claims of the use of live ammunition by the security forces against the protesters.
The authorities in Iran announced that they had arrested 1,200 people.
Fa'za Hashemi, the daughter of the former president of Iran, Akbar Hashemi, was arrested by agents of the security service, according to the report of the state media in the country.
Hashemi is a longtime critic of the Iranian establishment.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in the United States demanded the release of at least 20 arrested journalists and bloggers, as well as human rights activists and lawyers.
The BBC reported that the protests had exhausted the security forces, and in one video a police officer was seen saying that the officers were working "24 hours a day" and that they had not slept for several nights.
In addition, there are reports that doubt is spreading among the security forces about the demonstrations.
The commander of the protest police in Tehran was filmed telling his men not to hesitate and fight the protesters as the Iranians fought the Iraqi army in the 1980s.
President Ebrahim Raisi spoke of the need to "take decisive action against those who oppose security and peace in the country".
Demonstrations in Iran following the death of a young woman by the morality police (Photo: Reuters)
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Demonstrations in Iran following the death of a young woman by the morality police (photo: screenshot, Twitter)
According to the Wall Street Journal, actors, directors, artists, poets and athletes have publicly supported the protests over the death of Ameni
.
Various bodies connected to the government threatened to take criminal measures against the celebrities, if they did not stop supporting the demonstrations.
Other threats include the suspension of their work license and confiscation of assets.
Several famous Iranians have already witnessed fat TV contracts being secured for no reason.
A few days after Amini's death, Hatayon Rehai, an Iranian movie star, removed her head covering on Instagram, where she has 900,000 followers, in support of the young woman.
Many women have since removed their head coverings in protest.
Ali Kharmini, a former soccer star who once played for Bayern Munich and has more than 12 million followers on Instagram, has also publicly supported the protests.
"Don't be afraid of strong women. Maybe the day will come when they will be your only army," wrote the "Mardonna of Asia", who currently lives outside Iran, on Twitter.
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