Iran: Protests escalate – activists fear bloody crackdown

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abroad Kurdish city of Mahabad

Escalation in protests in Iran – activists fear a bloody crackdown

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Eyewitnesses in Mahabad report shots being fired at demonstrators

Eyewitnesses in Mahabad report shots being fired at demonstrators

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Violence against demonstrators is escalating in the Kurdish city of Mahabad in north-west Iran. The police are said to have marched in with tanks and shot at protesters indiscriminately. Numerous people are said to have been injured.

IAccording to eyewitnesses, protests in the Kurdish city of Mahabad in northwestern Iran have resulted in massive violence. Accordingly, police and security forces are said to have marched into the city with tanks on Saturday evening and shot at demonstrators indiscriminately. The electricity in the city was also switched off for a short time. The situation had escalated – numerous residents were injured, as eyewitnesses reported. It was unclear whether there were any deaths.

Activists fear a bloody crackdown on the demonstrations. In the province of West Azerbaijan, “armed troops” have been dispatched from Urmia to Mahabad, the Norway-based human rights organization Hengaw said on Sunday. Videos shared thousands of times on social media showed military convoys driving through the streets. Hengaw continued to report helicopters circling above the Kurdish city.

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The pro-government news agency Tasnim presented the situation differently: On Sunday night, “armed terrorists” set fire to private houses and public facilities and caused the entire city and its residents to panic. However, several leaders of the “terrorist groups” could have been convicted and imprisoned, the Tasnim report said, citing local security officials.

According to media reports, there were renewed protests in other parts of the country on Saturday evening against the Islamic leadership’s repressive course.

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The protests are directed against the regime in Iran.

According to media reports, the Iranian judiciary has initiated investigations against several celebrities from politics, film and sport. Two former members of parliament, five actresses and a football coach were therefore summoned for questioning. They are accused of making “provocative and insulting” statements to officials on social media.

If the investigations lead to charges against the eight, they face a long-term ban on working. The judiciary considers the mere support for the system-critical protests, especially by celebrities in social media, to be a threat to national security. The Iranian leadership sees the protests as a Western conspiracy with the aim of introducing regime change in the country.

Justice issues sixth death sentence

The Revolutionary Court in Tehran handed down a death sentence on a demonstrator on Sunday. He was found guilty of “drawing a knife during the recent unrest with intent to kill, spread terror and unsettle society,” according to the Iranian Judicial Authority on its website Misan Online. It is the sixth death sentence imposed in connection with the demonstrations.

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