Thousands of young Iranians took to the streets again this Sunday in different cities of the country, despite the warning of the powerful Revolutionary Guard, when the protests are already in their seventh week, since the death on September 16 of the young Mahsa Amini, after being arrested three days earlier by the Morality Police for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly.
The Revolutionary Guard had recommended this weekend that they stop demonstrating, for which they are applying strong repression in the universities, in mobilizations that are becoming increasingly violent.
Universities, epicenter of demonstrations
Students met on Saturday and Sunday in several cities in the country, in clear defiance of General Hossein Salami’s warning, who told them “do not go out into the streets.” On Sunday, security forces fired tear gas and shot at students in Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan province, where Mahsa Amini was originally from.
“Today is the end of the riots. Don’t take to the streets anymore,” said the leader of the powerful elite force, whose mission is to safeguard the theocratic system of the Islamic Republic. However, that same afternoon and evening the repression in the universities intensified with the expulsion of students from faculties and student residences in Tehran, university sources confirmed to EFE.
In addition, there were numerous arrests of students, according to activists.
The mobilizations, in which the end of the Islamic Republic is called for, have been evolving since its inception, but one constant has remained: the universities have been its epicenter.
According to Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based NGO, thousands of people have been detained in Iran since the crackdown began, including journalists, students, lawyers and more than 500 civil society activists. Iranian leaders continue to hold Iran’s “enemies”, which include the United States and Israel, responsible for what happens in the country. They also accuse the journalists of having been “trained” with the aim of overthrowing the regime. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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