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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The authorities have announced their intention to use “all means” to combat the demonstrations following the death of Mahsa Amini.
IRAN – Repression will not ease in Iran. The police command warned this Wednesday, September 28, that its units would “use all their might” to confront demonstrators who have been protesting for 12 days over the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police.
“Today, the enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran and some rioters are trying to disrupt the order and security of the nation under any pretext,” the police command said in a statement.
“Police personnel will do everything in their power to oppose the conspiracies of counter-revolutionaries and hostile elements and will take decisive action against those who disturb public order and security throughout the country,” he continued, quoted by the Fars news agency.
Mahsa Amini, Victim of Vice Police?
Protests have been going on nightly since September 16, when 22-year-old Iranian Mahsa Amini was arrested three days after her arrest in Tehran for violating a strict dress code for women in the Islamic Republic of Iran by covering her hair in public.
The girl’s parents had filed a complaint with the police, the family lawyer said on Wednesday. “We have asked the Attorney General and the investigating judge to conduct a detailed investigation into how the arrest proceeded until Mahsa was transferred to the hospital,” Me Saleh Nikbakht said.
He also demanded that the authorities provide “all videos and photos” that were in the hands of morality police throughout Mahsa Amini’s detention. The head of the prosecutor’s office “promised that the case would be dealt with thoroughly and that all our requests would be considered,” Me Nikbakht said.
60 dead after 12 days of protests
“About 60 people have been killed” since September 16, according to a recent report by Fars agency on Tuesday. Police reported 10 officers dead, but it was unclear if these were among the 60 dead. Authorities also reported arrests of more than 1,200 protesters since September 16.
For his part, government spokesman Ali Bahadori- Jahromi announced at the end of the Council of Ministers that “the government will request the judicial authority to compel the perpetrators and instigators of the riots to repair the damage caused to public goods”. the demonstrations.
He accused “separatist groups” of supporting the perpetrators of the demotions, noting that the latter benefited from “financial support” and “the close cooperation of certain hostile media and social networks that played a role in the destruction,” according to the intelligence ministry public property and causing death and injury”.
Later in the day, Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri announced a circular on measures to be taken against those arrested during the protests, according to Mizan Online, the website of the judicial body.
He called for a verdict “with speed, precision and determination,” particularly “those who killed or injured,” law enforcement officials, “who destroyed and set fire to property and private and public buildings,” “activists in the networks (the ) instigated rioters”. , and “foreign nationals present at the riots”.
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