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Iranian security forces in front of the British embassy: There is a lot to do at the moment
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In view of the ongoing protests against the authoritarian government in Iran, the security forces should be paid more.
The parliament of the Islamic Republic approved a 20 percent increase in salaries in Tehran on Sunday, the state news agency IRNA reported.
This is justified by the fact that the wages of the security forces should be better than that of civilian employees of the state.
There has been a lot of criticism of the violent action taken by the security forces against demonstrators for weeks.
The trigger for the mass protests was the death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini in mid-September.
The vice squad arrested her for allegedly violating Islamic dress codes.
The woman died in police custody a few days later.
Since her death, thousands have been demonstrating across the country against the government's repressive course and the system of rule in the Islamic Republic.
According to activists, security forces had recently shot at demonstrators again in the Iranian city of Sahedan in the south-east of the country.
The special police forces cracked down on the demonstrators and "shot at the crowd," the US-based Human Rights Activist News Agency (Hrana) reported on Twitter.
The AP news agency reported at least two deaths and cited activists.
The state apparently wants to increase counter-pressure on demonstrators.
Most recently, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards indicated that his units would intervene.
"The demonstrators should not overtax the patience of the system," warned General Hussein Salami, according to a report by the Iranian state news agency Irna.
“We say it again to our youth: Today is the last day of the riots.
Don't take to the streets anymore." No one would allow the demonstrators to continue creating insecurity and turning the country's universities into a "battlefield."
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