Protests in Iran: hospital under fire - journalist accused of being a CIA spy
Created: 2022-10-30Updated: 2022-10-30 07:47
By: Daniel Dillmann
The protests in Iran continue.
The security forces use live ammunition against their own population.
The news ticker.
Protests continue:
In Iran, there have been demonstrations against the mullah regime for six weeks.
Beginning of the protests:
The riots were triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini.
All news about Iran in our live ticker.
Update from October 30, 7:45 a.m .:
The regime in Iran has accused two journalists of spying for the US secret service CIA.
Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi both reported Mahsa Amini's death and were arrested shortly thereafter.
The statement indicting both women also described the ongoing protests in Iran as a planned foreign operation.
In addition to the CIA, the Israeli secret service Mossad is also involved.
Update from October 29, 6 p.m.:
According to activists, security forces in Iran shot at a hospital and a student residence against the ongoing anti-government demonstrations.
The forces "opened fire" on Saturday night in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj against dozens of demonstrators, the human rights group Hengaw said on Twitter.
Meanwhile, in the second largest Iranian city, Shiraz, numerous participants at a funeral service for the victims of an attack claimed by the jihadist militia Islamic State (IS) chanted slogans in support of the government.
Protests against the regime continue in Iran.
The security forces responded with live ammunition.
© Uncredited/dpa
Protests in Iran: Revolutionary Guards announce “last day of uprisings”.
First message:
Tehran – The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has issued an urgent warning to protesters in Iran.
"Don't go out into the street!
Today is the last day of the uprisings," Hossein Salami said, according to
Reuters
news agency .
The people of Iran have been demonstrating against their government for six weeks.
In the capital Tehran, violent clashes between the population and the security forces are said to have broken out again during the night.
The demonstrators were apparently shot at with live ammunition.
This is reported, among other things, by the dpa
news agency
.
Around 250 people are said to have died in the protests, which have been going on for six weeks.
Protests in Iran: USA wants to involve the United Nations
The continuing violence of the Iranian regime against its own people is now also calling the USA into action.
The protests in Iran will be discussed at the United Nations next week.
According to Reuters, the American delegation wanted to focus on the "continuing oppression of women and girls and members of religious and ethnic minorities".
This emerges from documents from planned meetings that are available to the news agency.
also read
'Disheartening losses for Russia': Surprising tones from China
Chaos on Russia's state TV: Putin "wet his pants"
Video surfaced on Friday purportedly showing Iranian demonstrators calling for the death of "Supreme Leader" Ali Khamenei.
The authenticity of the video material cannot be verified without a doubt.
The news channel
France24
is nevertheless certain: the protests against the regime in Iran have reached an intensity not seen since the Iranian revolution in 1979.
Protests in Iran: The decisive factor is the death of Mahsa Amini
The protests began with the death of Mahsa Amini.
The 22-year-old woman of Kurdish descent died in police custody.
The Iranian moral police arrested Amini on September 13, 2022 for allegedly violating the dress code.
(dil/rtr/dpa)
