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Protests continue in Iran. The Iranian judiciary denies the regime’s murder of another young woman in September. The news marker.
- Protests against the mullahs’ regime have been raging in Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
- Free again: Footballer Hossein Mahini released on bail
- Iran’s police crack down on: Blogger arrested during her birthday party
++ 19:10: The Iranian judiciary has ruled out a link between the death of a teenager and the ongoing anti-government protests in the country. No gunshot wounds were found on the body of Nika Shahkarami, who was killed in September. The incident “has nothing to do with the recent disturbances”. Meanwhile, new images of youth protests against the Islamic Republic’s state power continue to emerge.
Allegations had already been raised on online networks that security forces had killed Shahkarami. Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that eight people had been arrested in connection with his death. The investigation of the case continued, the forensic experts had not yet presented their final report to the judicial authorities.
Persian broadcaster BBC and news portal Iran Wire had previously reported that authorities had seized the young woman’s body and secretly buried her on Monday to avoid a burial that could fuel further protests.
++ 17:33: More than 50 French actresses and other celebrities cut their hair in solidarity with women and girls protesting Iran’s repression. “For freedom,” says actress Juliette Binoche at the beginning of a two-minute video that circulated on the Internet on Wednesday. She then gathers her hair with one hand and cuts off about six inches of her braid in front of the camera.
Actresses Isabelle Adjani, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Isabelle Huppert also take scissors in the video and cut more or less long strands of their hair. Singers Jane Birkin and Angèle can also be seen. According to the credits, French lawyer Richard Sedillot initiated the action.
Intermediate texts tell the story of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the moral police in Tehran on 13 September and died three days later. “She was only accused of not wearing the scarf properly,” the video reads. “She died because she left a few strands of hair showing.”
++ 15:50: Iran has warned the European Union against “reckless action” related to the ongoing protests in the country. “If the EU takes hasty and reckless action (in relation to the protests), it must be prepared for Iran to take effective countermeasures,” Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian said in a phone call with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio on Wednesday. .
Iran respects the demands of its people, but not the riots organized by foreign countries and terrorists. “The Iranian people will never allow foreign countries to use such methods to jeopardize the country’s independence and territorial integrity,” the Iranian chief diplomat was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency.
++ 2:00 pm: Protests against the government in Iran have always extended to the country’s schools. Videos and photos posted via Twitter allegedly show Iranian schoolgirls taking off their veils and chanting “Death to the dictator”.
The students would have expelled the responsible education director and “taken over the school”. The authenticity of the videos and photos cannot be confirmed without a doubt.
++ 11:40 am: More than 600 cultural workers, including actress Iris Berben, Nobel Prize winner for Literature Elfriede Jelinek and author Carolin Emcke, expressed their support for the protesters in Iran in an open letter. “The call for a feminist revolution in Iran is loud and clear. We see their courageous resistance, we hear their determined voices. We admire your courage and your endurance,” she says.
The letter is not addressed to the federal government or international political institutions, as is usual in similar formats, but to the protesters themselves, the initiators explained in a press release.
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Protests in Iran: Hossein Mahini released on bail
+++ 10:30 am: Iranian football player Hossein Mahini, who was arrested for supporting protests critical of the system, has been released on bail, according to media reports. The former national player was released from prison on Wednesday night on bail equivalent to 30,000 euros and has since returned home, sports portal Varzesh3 reported.
Mahini, 36, was arrested last week for condemning the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody and supporting the protests that followed. His arrest made waves in Iran and sparked nationwide rallies in solidarity with the former Persepolis Tehran captain, 14-time champion. The Iranian team also showed solidarity.
Protests in Iran: British Ambassador Summoned
++ 8:25 am: In connection with the ongoing system-critical protests, Iran has again summoned the British ambassador to Tehran. Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the British government had been accused of illegitimate interference and of spreading false and inciting information about the protests. By publishing such information, London was involved in the “staging” of Iranian opposition groups in Britain against the Islamic Republic, he said.
The British ambassador was summoned last week because of critical reporting by London-based Persian-language news channels. The Norwegian ambassador and the charge d’affaires of the French embassy in Tehran were also summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for interfering in the country’s internal affairs.
Iran protests: US plans new sanctions
Update for Wednesday, October 5, 7:20 am: Because of the ongoing violence against the protests in Iran, the US is considering new sanctions. “We will continue to hold the Iranian authorities accountable and support the right of Iranians to protest freely,” said President Joe Biden.
Amnesty International writes that 52 people were killed by state security forces during protests in Iran. There are also hundreds of serious injuries to claim. According to information from Amnesty International, the Headquarters issued an order for the Armed Forces to proceed with all severity against the protesters.
Iran: Italian food blogger is in prison
First report for Tuesday, October 4: Rome – Alberto and Miriam Piperno are sitting in their bookstore in south-central Rome. But his thoughts are not recommending a good read to clients. The couple’s 30-year-old daughter Alessia, a well-known travel and food blogger, is being held in a Tehran prison. Her parents were ordered by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to avoid reporters.
Even before they were called to silence, Alberto posted a plea for help on Facebook with a photo his daughter recently posted from Tehran, where she has been staying for three months. “This girl is Alessia Piperno and she is my daughter,” he wrote in the now-deleted Facebook post on Sunday (October 2, 2022). “I got a call this morning. She cried and let us know that she is under arrest (…) She was arrested by the police along with her friends while celebrating her birthday. It was just a few words but they were desperate. She asked for help.”
Iran’s deputy squad quells protests
Several foreigners were arrested in the crackdown on protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died on Sept. 13 in the custody of Iran’s notorious vice squad. Prior to his arrest, Piperno had posted about the protests, recalling the struggle of Italian guerrillas against the fascist regime at the end of World War II with his protest song Bella Ciao.
“A 22-year-old girl was killed by Iranian police for wearing her hijab inappropriately,” she wrote in mid-September. “The truth is, that girl could have been me, or my friend Hanieh, or one of the women I met on this journey. Hijab in Iran is not synonymous with religion, but government.” She continues: “Every woman must deprive herself of her femininity, hide her beautiful features and the shapes of her body, lest she risk ending up in prison or worse… being flogged 70 times.”
“I feel part of it all, I feel part of these girls who are fighting for their rights, who are speaking out for their freedom, but who end up being forced to hide in a blind spot,” Piperno posted about the protests.
Iran – Italian Blogger Arrested: “I’m Afraid I Can’t Leave, Help Me”
Alberto Piperno writes that his daughter told him they were not told why they were arrested. However, nine others were taken into custody with her. “I’m fine, but there are people here who say they’ve been stuck for months and for no reason,” she told her father, according to his post. “I’m afraid I can’t go out, help me.”
The blogger’s latest Instagram post showed her birthday party at what appeared to be a private home in Tehran. The five women portrayed have their heads uncovered. Piperno wrote: “These years were the most beautiful of my life, the most lived, in which I learned and unlearned so much, in which I met wonderful people and friends and in which I discovered the true beauty of our planet. The world and its people gave me more than I could ask for, day after day, year after year.” A few hours later, she was in prison.
Italian blogger showed markets and mosques in Iran
Her previous contributions show her in various markets and mosques in Iran. Many of her videos show her cultural awareness, for example B. how she curls her hair according to the laws. She did not post any photos of the protests, but wrote about them. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget that first night,” she wrote a few days after the protests began. “We had run to the hostel with our hearts in our throats when gunshots sounded behind us and the smell of gas filled the air. (…) A mess I didn’t really know what it was until today. people were screaming in the streets.”
The Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed his arrest to the Daily Beast news portal, but did not provide further details on the measures taken to secure his release. In many of her posts, she has received harsh criticism about why she is in Iran. Several commentators write that she deserves it.
“We Europeans know nothing about these people, the messages that come to us are retouched and we get used to marching like puppets and believing everything they tell us,” she wrote a week ago. “Here, however, people are tired of being puppets and that is why thousands of people are taking to the streets to protest. They speak out for their freedom. women, men, young and old. And each of them, each one, is risking their own lives when they go out into the streets.” (lz)