Videos published by the Iranian press show dozens of unveiled schoolgirls blocking a street in Shiraz shouting “Death to the Dictator”in reference to the supreme guide, Ali Khamenei.
Other demonstrations of students who defied the law by removing the mandatory veil in public since the Islamic revolution of 1979 took place between yesterday and today in Saqez, Sanandaj and Karaj, and in the capital, Tehran.
Crackdown on protests raises death toll to 154
Since the death of the young woman, a huge wave of protests has broken out across the country, in which dozens of people, mainly protesters but also policemen, have died and hundreds have been injured and arrested.
The death toll increased from 92 to 154according to the latest balance published today by the human rights organization Iran Human Rights (IHR).
To this figure, which includes at least nine minors, should be added the more than 63 victims of last Friday’s protests in Zahedan.
“The death of demonstrators in Iran, in particular in Zahedan, are crimes against humanity. The international community has a duty to investigate these crimes and prevent them from being committed”stressed the director of IHR, Mahmud Amiri-Moghaddam.
Meanwhile, the Government of Iran denounced “the hypocrisy” of the president of the United States, Joe Biden, and suggested that he “analyze the record” of his country in terms of human rights before criticizing that of the Islamic republic.
“The world has witnessed, in Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and even in the United States, the true meaning of human rights for that country,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanani said in a message on his Twitter account. Twitter.
“It is preferable that Biden first analyze the history of his country before giving lessons to others. Instead of showing false sympathy (with the Iranian population), Washington should withdraw the sanctions on Iran, which are crimes against humanity,” he concluded. the spokesperson.
This “disproportionate” and “unjustified” repression was criticized today by the head of the diplomacy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, who pointed out that the bloc is studying imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic in this regard.
“We are going to continue to consider all the options at our disposal, including restrictive measures to deal with the murder of Mahsa Amini and the way in which the Iranian security forces have responded to the demonstrations,” he stated in the European Parliament and clarified that by restrictive measures meant sanctions.
Source: Ambito
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