Protests in Iran: France recommends leaving the country as soon as possible
Created: 2022-10-08 09:26
By: Tim Vincent Dicke, Stefan Krieger
Security forces in Iran are brutally cracking down on protests critical of the regime.
The EU is in favor of sanctions.
Protests in Iran continue after Mahsa Amini's death.
"Conspiracy" against the Islamic Republic:
Spiritual leader blames US and Israel
Demonstrations in Qom:
riots reach religious strongholds
Update from Saturday, October 8th, 9.30 a.m .:
After the apparently forced confession of espionage by a French couple arrested in Iran, France recommended its citizens to leave Iran as soon as possible.
The French Foreign Ministry justified its recommendation on its website on Friday by saying that French nationals visiting the country face a high risk of arrest, arbitrary detention and unjust sentences.
That also applies to tourists.
In the event of an arrest, respect for fundamental rights and security are not guaranteed.
There are also demonstrations against the Iranian government abroad.
Here in Spain.
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On Thursday, the French foreign ministry accused Iran of holding the couple arrested in May as "state hostages" and showing them on television in an unacceptable manner.
Paris insisted on the immediate release of the two Frenchmen.
An Iranian television station broadcast an alleged spy confession by the couple on Thursday.
The two French are said to have confessed to wanting to provoke protests in Iran.
They are agents of the French secret service.
Iran protests: EU calls Amini's death a murder and calls for Iran sanctions
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The European Parliament has condemned the death of the Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini and described it as “murder”.
In a resolution adopted in Strasbourg, MEPs also called for sanctions against Iranian officials involved in the death of the young woman or in the crackdown on street protests.
MEPs also called for an independent investigation into her death.
Parliament's support for the peaceful protest movement in Iran and in particular for the young women taking part in the demonstrations, the Parliament's resolution said.
MEPs condemned the widespread and disproportionate use of force by Iranian security forces against the protesters, which led to numerous casualties.
Iran protests: uncle of killed woman is forced to make TV statement
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As the
ARD
journalist Natalie Amiri reports, the uncle of Nika Shahkarami, who was killed in September, was forced to make a statement on Iranian state television.
Activists accuse security forces of killing Shahkarami during protests in Iran.
Iran 's Tasnim
news agency
reported eight people had been arrested in connection with her death.
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The judiciary in Iran has ruled out any connection between Shahkarami's death and the demonstrations.
No gunshot wounds were found on the young woman's body, and she died after being "pushed," prosecutor Mohammad Shahriari said on Wednesday (October 5).
The incident has "nothing to do with the recent disturbances".
Now her relative has had to make a forced statement on state TV, Amiri writes on the short message service Twitter.
In the television recordings you can hear "they whispering the swear words he should use for the demonstrators".
She shared a video showing the post.
Iran protests: EU sends strong words and 'considers all options'
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The European Union has sent clear words to Iran.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged an end to the violence in Iran and the release of arrested demonstrators.
Borrel said on Twitter that he had also stressed to his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian, that those responsible for the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini must be held accountable.
The right to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly must be granted, demanded Borrel.
"The EU is considering all options," he said, referring to possible EU action to suppress protests in Iran.
Iran protests: Steinmeier calls for an end to regime violence
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Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has asked the regime in Iran to end the violence against anti-government demonstrators.
Ahead of a meeting with other European heads of state on Thursday in Malta's capital Valletta, he said: "An appeal must go out from here that the regime in Tehran stops the violence and shows respect for the young people and women who are there on the streets are."
Steinmeier announced that he would address the situation in Iran at the meeting of the so-called Arraiolos Group this Thursday (October 6).
"We can't be indifferent when security agencies there use great violence against young people, representatives of the younger generation and women in particular."
Iran protests: religious leader blames US and Israel
Update from Thursday, October 6, 10:51 a.m .:
The spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has described the protests within the country as hostile.
The enemy - the West, the USA and Israel - are knitting a "conspiracy" against the Islamic Republic, Khamenei said in a speech to the military.
They wanted to "destroy the security of the country."
The West is “not only against the Islamic Republic.
They are against Iran.
The US is opposed to a strong and independent Iran,” the Supreme Leader said.
The protests are not about equal rights for women or the strict headscarf requirement that applies in Iran.
Protests in Iran reach religious strongholds
First report from Thursday, October 6th:
Tehran – The protests in Iran against the ruling regime continue.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic's judiciary has ruled out any connection between the death of a teenager and the ongoing anti-government protests in the country.
No gunshot wounds were found on the body of Nika Shahkarami, who was killed in September.
The incident has "nothing to do with the recent disturbances".
Meanwhile, new images of protests by young people against the Islamic Republic's state power keep emerging.
According to videos circulating on the short message service Twitter, women in the city of Isfahan shouted “Woman-Life-Freedom”.
In Qom, protesters chanted "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we are all together".
The Iranian-German ARD journalist Natalie Amiri was impressed on Twitter.
Amiri regularly reports on what is happening in the country.
Ghom is "next to Mashad THE religious stronghold in #Iran," she wrote on the platform.
(with agencies)
