Death of Woman Who Stood in Line for Three Days to Receive Fuel

The harsh winter of Sistan claimed the life of a woman who had stood in line for three days to receive fuel.

A 53-year-old woman in Sistan and Baluchestan, despite having heart problems, was forced to stand in a fuel line to receive her quota of 80 liters of oil, and lost her life without even receiving the fuel.

It is not the harsh winter of Sistan that took this woman’s life, but rather the government’s irresponsibility toward its people that took her life. Sistan and Baluchestan residents are deprived of basic citizen services and lose their lives in various ways every day. Whether through oppression, torture, execution, or due to freezing temperatures caused by lack of heating facilities, they lose their lives.

The people of Sistan and Baluchestan reacted to this painful death and declared: “If the provincial administration had the ability to solve the gas problem, someone who had heart surgery would not have had to stand in line to receive their fuel quota. From now on, we will have to witness the death of citizens of this province in various lines. Are the people of Sistan and Baluchestan not part of Iran? Why must we witness discrimination? Why does no one pay attention to the demands of the people of this province? From lacking national identification documents to people being killed for demanding their rights, now we are witnessing people losing their lives due to lack of basic services.

Which government, with all this oppression and cruelty toward its people, can sleep peacefully at night? Don’t they have families and children? Can they be held accountable for all the blood spilled and the lives lost?”

The deceased’s brother spoke about the situation of the people: “We have spent our entire lives in various lines. Lines for bread, for gasoline, for gas, for oil, and so on. Sistan and Baluchestan is at the end of the world and its people have no facilities whatsoever.”

Come to the aid of the people of Baluchestan.