Nationwide protests over the death of a young woman in the custody of vice police have already claimed the lives of at least 41 people.
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Repression continues in Iran. The head of the Iranian judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, insisted on Sunday September 25 on “the need to act without any indulgence” to the instigators of “riots”reported the Mizan Online website.
President Ebrahim Raïsi had previously called on the police to act “firmly against those who undermine the security and peace of the country and the people”. And the repression of the protest movement after the death of Mahsa Amini has already claimed the lives of at least 41 people, according to the official report.
The protests began on September 16, the day Mahsa Amini died, arrested on September 13 in Tehran for “inappropriate wearing of clothes” in the Islamic Republic where there is a strict dress code for women.
Since then, more than 700 people have been arrested in a single northern province which has communicated on the arrests, but undoubtedly many more in the whole country. The Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights reports at least 54 protesters killed.
These demonstrations are the largest in Iran since those of November 2019, caused by the rise in gasoline prices, in the midst of the economic crisis, which had affected a hundred cities in Iran and were severely repressed (230 dead according to an official report). , more than 300 according to Amnesty International).