Eye on Iran's Protests - February 9, 2023
Iran’s security forces have killed 528 protesters, including 71 children, in the 147 days since protests began in September. Protests in Iran continue despite the regime’s brutal crackdown, and the Iranian diaspora community continues to organize around the world to put pressure on governments to take action in support of the Iranian protesters.
The following map highlights the cities where protest-related incidents (gatherings, strikes, arrests, and deaths) occurred yesterday. There were over 25 such incidents concentrated in Tehran.
The brave people of Zahedan demonstrated against Iran’s supreme leader on February 3, 2023, chanting “Death to Khamenei” as the Islamic Republic marks the 44th anniversary of the revolution this week.
More footage of the massive protests in Zahedan from February 3, 2023.
In front of a prison, women chanted: “Dictatorial regimes must be toppled” and “Woman, life, freedom!”
As Iran’s regime marks the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution this week, Iranian revolutionaries are burning government banners and tearing down Islamic Republic flags in protest.
Dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi has spent 100+ days in solitary confinement. His only "crime" was calling for "Women, Life, Freedom" in Iran.
Authorities subjected Kambiz Kharout to torture and other ill-treatment, and sentenced him to death after a grossly unfair trial.
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is risking her own safety to speak out over the hunger strike of Iranian protester Farhad Meysami. Images of an emaciated Meysami have shocked observers.
Leaders in the Iranian diaspora community will gather at Georgetown University to discuss the future of democracy in Iran and the Woman, Life, Freedom revolution on February 10th. Live stream is available here.
Solidarity rallies are set for 2 PM on February 11th at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Iran's exiled prince Reza Pahlavi and women rights activist Masih Alinejad will attend the Munich Security Conference due to be held on Feb. 17-19. Iran regime officials were not invited.
Singer Shervin Hajipour's Grammy Win Thrills Iranian Social Media Users | VOA News
Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour's Grammy Award for a song he produced last year in honor of Iran's peaceful protest movement against Islamist rule has prompted an outpouring of positive reactions from Iranian social media users.
The survey “Iranians’ Attitudes Toward the 2022 Nationwide Protests” was conducted between December 21–31, 2022. Around 200,000 respondents participated in and completed this survey. Over 158,000 respondents were inside Iran, and over 42,000 respondents were outside the country. In response to the question “Islamic Republic: Yes or No?” 81% of respondents inside the country responded “No” to the Islamic Republic, 15% responded “Yes,” and 4% were not sure.
Iranian Security Forces Accused Of Shooting Eyes Of Young Female Protesters | Fox News
With Iran rocked by nearly five months of protests, reports are emerging of the country’s security forces deliberately shooting at the eyes of demonstrators, particularly young women. In a report released Friday, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said that Iranian security forces are shooting protesters in the head and face, leading to many being blinded. Initial data compiled by the human rights group indicates that a disproportionate number of protesters being targeted and sustaining such wounds are young women.
Iran’s Foreign Minister To Address U.N. Human Rights Council, Activists Urge Walkout | U.N. Watch
Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will be addressing the annual opening of the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 27, prompting human rights activists to call on diplomats to walk out. “This is a regime that beats, blinds, jails, tortures and kills innocent women for the crime of protesting for their basic human rights and dignity,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of the independent non-governmental human rights group UN Watch.
Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says Iran's “Revolutionary Process” Is Irreversible | Reuters
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually lead to the collapse of the Islamic Republic. Like many critics of Iran's clerical rulers, Ebadi believes the current wave of protests has been the boldest challenge to the establishment's legitimacy yet. "This revolutionary process is like a train that will not stop until it reaches its final destination," said Ebadi.
Protesters in several Iranian cities, including the capital, Tehran, have set fire to government banners commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution as rights group Amnesty International chided the country's leaders for "decades of mass killings and cover-ups." Amnesty called the anniversary celebrations "shameful" amid decades of mass killings and cover-ups by authorities, including the current brutal treatment of protesters since Amini's death, as well as the 1988 prison massacre that saw thousands of Iranian political prisoners and others killed in mass executions across the country.
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