Iranian protesters defy crackdown with nationwide demonstrations in wake of Mahsa Amini’s death

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The protests have widened into strikes that have closed shops and businesses and touched the vital energy sector

Protesters across Iran defied a nearly month-long crackdown on Saturday, activists said, chanting in the streets and in universities against the country’s clerical leaders in a sustained wave of anger at the death of Mahsa Amini.since Amini – a 22-year-old woman from the country’s Kurdish region – died on Sept. 16 while being held for “inappropriate attire” pose one of the most serious challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution.

A video posted by the Norway-based organization Iran Human Rights purported to show protests in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iran’s second most populous city, with demonstrators chanting “Clerics get lost” and drivers honking their horns. Human rights groups say more than 200 people have been killed in the crackdown nationwide, including teenage girls whose deaths have become a rallying cry for more demonstrations demanding the downfall of the Islamic Republic.

Videos posted on social media by activist website 1500tasvir purported to show street protests in Ardabil, while another social media video showed riot police retreating from rock-throwing demonstrators. State TV has reported at least 26 members of the security forces have been killed. The Tehran commander of the Basij militia forces that have deployed against protesters said in Tehran that three Basij had been killed and 850 more injured.

 

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Has trudeau offered to send the musical ride to help crush this uprising?

Hosein Ronaghi,Iranian Human Right Activist.He has been arrested by IRGC. His parents have confirmed that he was beaten brutally before beign transferred to an unknown location.During the interrogation,they broke his legs.Urgent medical treatment needs to be provided.MahsaAmini

It may have taken 43 years, but it sounds like the Islamic state is no longer what people want. Interesting.

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