82 Killed In Iran Crackdown After Protests Over Rape By Police Commander

At least eighty two human beings had been killed via way of means of Iranian safety forces withinside the town of Zahedan withinside the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province on account that protests erupted there on September 30, Amnesty International stated on Thursday. In a violent crackdown after Friday prayers on September 30, safety forces killed as a minimum sixty six human beings, inclusive of youngsters, Amnesty stated. Since then, sixteen human beings had been killed in an ongoing clampdown on protests, it introduced, caution the actual depend is in all likelihood to be even higher. With Iran already convulsed via way of means of protests over the loss of life of Mahsa Amini who were arrested via way of means of the Tehran morality police, the protests in Zahedan have been precipitated via way of means of anger over the mentioned rape of a teenage woman via way of means of a police commander withinside the region. Amnesty stated that safety forces fired “stay ammunition, steel pellets and teargas” at protesters, bystanders and worshippers whilst a collection of human beings collected for a protest out of doors a police station after Friday prayers on September 30 in Zahedan. “Evidence collected via way of means of Amnesty International indicates that almost all of sufferers have been shot withinside the head, heart, neck and torso, revealing a clean cause to kill or severely harm.” It introduced that the firing had come from the “police station rooftop”. At least 3 youngsters have been killed on September 30, it introduced. Iranian officers have characterized the unrest as assaults via way of means of “extremists” on police stations that left 5 contributors of the Revolutionary Guards dead. But Amnesty stated that beyond “a minority” of protesters throwing stones toward the police station, it had found “no evidence” the behavior of protesters posed a extreme chance to safety forces.