Eye on Iran's Protests - October 11, 2022
A protest movement is sweeping Iran in the aftermath of the killing of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the so-called “morality police.” UANI’s Eye on Iran's Protests is a daily news and events round-up to increase awareness of this movement and the regime’s brutal response. Now is the time to support the Iranian people.
Iran Protests Over Woman's Death Persist Despite Crackdown | Reuters
Protests continued into their 26th day. Tanks were reportedly seen moving toward Kurdish areas. Worker strikes have expanded to the country’s vital energy sector. Workers at energy installations in southwestern Iran, including Abadan oil refinery and Kangan and Bushehr petrochemical plants, went on strike. Strikers at the Assaluye plant were reportedly protesting wages. Many bazaar merchants and university students are also striking.
Iranian Security Forces Intensify Crackdown In Kurdistan | The Guardian
Human rights groups reported that the regime’s bloody crackdown is intensifying in the Kurdistan province – especially in the provincial capital of Sanandaj. A female protester told reporters the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was committing a “massacre,” using guns and bombs against protesters. Security forces have acted with a similar intensity of violence in the Sistan and Baluchistan provinces – where over 90 people have been killed since September 30.
Alarm Grows Over Iran Protest Crackdown In Kurdish City | Agence France-Presse
A human rights organization reported that a military plane carrying specials forces landed at an airport in Sanandaj, western Kurdistan. The organization, Hengaw, reported that a seven-year-old boy was killed on Sunday night, and confirmed at least seven deaths in Kurdish cities since Saturday. Director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran said that the killings of protesters in the Kurdistan province “are likely preludes to severe state violence to come.”
Protesters in Sanandaj established roadblocks and burned objects on the street.
Protesters clashed with security forces in Sanandaj. The protesters appeared to repel security forces by throwing stones at them. Dozens were reported dead and injured in the clashes in Sanandaj over the past few days.
Iran's Oil, Petrochemical Workers Begin Strikes, Protests | Iran International
Some workers in Iran’s oil industry went on strike yesterday. Workers at Iran’s Abadan refinery reportedly joined an oil worker strike after they heard about strikes occurring at Asaloyeh complex in Bushehr province Monday morning. The Council for Organizing Oil Contract Workers – an Iranian oil workers union – issued a statement that circulated on social media calling for nation-wide strikes.
Workers at the Abadan refinery went on strike.
Gunshots could be heard as large crowds gathered at the Fouladshahr steel production center in Isfahan province.
Large protests took place on Gilan University campus in northern Iran.
Students at Tehran University stood in the shape of the word “blood.”
Many Iranians wounded by security forces amid the protests are too afraid to go to the hospital because some of those who sought medical attention were detained. A doctor who treated injured patients said that a variety of weapons were being used against protesters – including “plastic to lead pellets to Kalashnikovs, even sniper fire.” Their injuries range from fractures and head trauma to burns from electric batons, as well as bullet and pellet wounds.
Security forces on motorcycles patrolled the streets in Sanandaj and reportedly clashed with protesters.
Videos emerged on social media of security forces opening fire on unarmed protesters near Sharif University around October 8, 2022.
Iran Arrests Person Spying For Israel- Tasnim Cites Prosecutor | Reuters
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence service arrested an individual for “spying for the Zionist regime.” This arrest may be part of a concerted effort to deflect blame for the protests onto foreigners, including Israel. The nationality of the arrested individual has not yet been confirmed.
France Says Five Citizens Held In Iran, EU Sanctions To Come | The New Arab
France’s foreign minister confirmed that five French nationals are being held in Iran. One of those hostages was abducted during the current protests. France subsequently urged that its people leave Iran as soon as possible to avoid arbitrary detention.
What Makes These Iran Protests Different | Sharon S. Nazarian For NBC Think
Iranian officials, including the supreme leader, often blame foreigners for the protests in Iran. However, protesters are not accepting this explanation. They are not convinced by the efforts to demonize Europe, the U.S., and Israel. Accordingly, they oppose the regime’s massive expenditures on foreign terrorist entities. They are also more united than in the past – less susceptible to the regime’s attempts to divide the population along political, religious, or socioeconomic lines. The Iranian people are protesting economic mismanagement, endemic corruption, and the lack of basic freedoms in Iran.
How Iran’s Economic Woes Created Conditions Ripe For Protests | BBC
Stagnant economic growth, a devalued currency, high rates of inflation, and unemployment have each contributed to the sense of despair among Iranians. Unemployment rates are higher for women than for men – especially over the last couple of years. The supreme leader’s stay-at-home orders directed at women, amid a government pursuit of higher birth rates, has resulted in less women in the work force. Political and social repression in the Islamic Republic, while at the center of the current protest movement, are not the only factors on the minds of protesters.
Killing Of Another Teenage Protester Gives Iran Uprising A New Symbol | Washington Post
Sarina Esmailzadeh, a young girl who, according to Amnesty International, died from being beaten with a baton by Iran’s security forces, has emerged as a new symbol of Iran’s protests and has galvanized protesters across the country. Her death falls into a pattern of young women who were killed by security forces. The security forces denied any involvement, claiming that she fell off a roof. Later, in what was likely a forced confession, her mother gave a televised interview confirming the official cause of death.
This video shows Sarina Esmailzadeh singing “Take Me to Church” by Hozier.
Iranian Journalist Who Broke News On Mahsa Amini Pays Heavy Price | Reuters
Journalists are paying a heavy price in Iran amid the protest movement. Journalist and women’s rights activist Niloofar Hamedi – who exposed Mahsa Amini’s condition in the hospital after she was detained and beaten by Iran’s “Morality Police” – remains in solitary confinement, among the at least 28 journalists that have been detained by security forces.
Anti-regime propaganda art depicts a member of Iran’s security forces, wielding a baton, drowning in parcels of hair.
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