Use of Nerve Gas in Suppressing Protesters
Images shared by people in Javanrood on social media have gone viral, showing evidence of a chemical gas being used to suppress protesters.
Security forces of the Islamic Republic used a type of chemical gas called “hexachloroethane,” which is a nerve gas that temporarily disrupts the function of the central nervous system, to suppress protesting people in Javanrood, Kurdistan.
The reaction this gas produces when fired is that chlorine combines with zinc metal to form chloride, which has a pale green color. This gas severely affects the lungs, and the initial effects of poisoning with this gas include vomiting, skin burns, and coughing, which in the long term can cause liver cancer, skin allergies, and kidney damage.
Security forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps committed such a crime to prevent the continuation of protests, firing this toxic gas for people to inhale in these cities so they would be poisoned and unable to come to the streets.
People in Javanrood and Piranshahr have been in a state of war since yesterday morning and have inhaled this gas. In addition, videos released from these cities show that gunfire on people continues, with the sound of sustained machine gun fire indicating nothing else.
