That of 16-year-old Mahak Hashemi is only the latest in a long series of young and very young people killed by the Iranian regime in the fight for over two months against its people in revolt. Another Mahsa Amini, another martyr immolated in the name of the imperative of the veil. Mahak Hashemi was in fact killed because she wore a baseball cap instead of the prescribed hijab. As she writes The printshe left home to join the young people protesting against the theocratic Republic of Tehran and that hat on her head was enough for her family to never see her return to her home in Shiraz, where she lived with her father and two little sisters after the death of the mother from cancer.
More than 300 people have died so far as a result of protests
Now even the authorities admit it: More than 300 people have died in Iran since protests in the country sparked by the death in custody of a young Kurdish woman accused of violating the strict female dress code: a general of the Revolutionary Guards made it known last night. “I don’t have the most recent statistics, but I believe that as a result of this accident we have had more than 300 martyrs and people killed…”, the commander of the Guards Aerospace Force said in a video posted online by the Mehr news agency. Revolutionaries, Amirali Hajizadeh, referring to the forces of order and the demonstrators. But according to independent humanitarian organizations the dead are already 416, of which over 50 are minors.
Unicef: 50 dead children
Confirmation also comes from Unicef which condemns “all violence against children and calls for an end to all forms of violence and abuse that have claimed the lives of more than 50 children and injured many more amid public unrest in Iran“. And he remains “also deeply concerned about the continuous raids and searches carried out in some schools. Schools must always be safe places for children”. The organization reports that it has “directly communicated its concern to the Iranian authorities”.
A member of the Revolutionary Guard was killed in Isfahan
And in the meantime, some victims are also registered in the upper echelons of the regime. A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards militia was shot and killed. An investigation has been opened to identify the perpetrators of the attack in the central city of Isfahan, local deputy governor Mohammad-Reza Jannessari said, quoted by the Irna news agency. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement that the man was killed in a “terrorist action carried out by arrogant mercenaries,” a term used for the United States and its allies. According to the same source, the man was a member of the Basij militia of the IRGC. In mid-November in Isfahan, two assailants aboard a motorcycle fired automatic weapons at security guards, killing a police colonel and two paramilitaries.
Released in 700 after the first victory at the world championships in Qatar
Proving that propaganda can do more than pity, Iran has liberated more than 700 prisoners after the victory of the national football team in the World Cup against Wales. This was communicated by Mizan, the news site of the judiciary. “709 prisoners have been released from various prisons in the country” after Friday’s victory. Among these are “some arrested during recent events”, it was explained, indirectly referring to the protests for Mahsa Amini. Other Iranian media reported that well-known actor Hengameh Ghaziani was released on bail. As well as dissident Hossein Ronaghi and footballer Voria Ghafouri. State news agency IRNA reported that former state television host Mahmoud Shahriari, 63, was also released after two months in prison. Tehran’s judiciary said more than 2,000 people had been charged since the protests began. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk around 14,000 people have been arrested.
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