Army Shows Support for People on Mahsa Amini’s Fortieth Day
Following public protests on the fortieth day of martyr Mahsa Amini and the suppression of protesters by security forces, the Islamic Republic’s army showed support for the people.
Some time ago, people in Iran announced on social media: Where then is that law stating that if protests last 21 days in a country, that country’s army should intervene on behalf of the people? Where is that law that says if 3.5 percent of a country’s people protest, a referendum should be held? And where is that law that says if the government perpetrates the massacre of minors and teenagers in a country, the international human rights organization should intervene?
However, according to research reports and documentation by the human rights organization Hengaw, the army showed support for the people. Hengaw, in investigating a large number of eyewitnesses who had pointed to similar facts, found evidence that proves the truth of the army’s support for the people.
Following public protests that took place after the fortieth day ceremony of Mahsa Amini, the Islamic Republic’s security forces proceeded to suppress protesters through gunfire and the deployment of large quantities of tear gas in order to disperse the people and prevent their protests.
After the people dispersed and headed toward army barracks and organizational houses belonging to the army, army forces on both sides of the street opened doors for the people and provided them shelter. Army personnel also guided the people so they could leave the premises of the organizational houses and reach other neighborhoods to stay safe from the security forces of the Revolutionary Guards.
The presence of army personnel in videos recorded by people is clearly visible as they stand alongside the people.
Additionally, one eyewitness, in a conversation with Hengaw, emphasized that the army had pointed out mined areas to the people and warned them not to frequent these premises.
Another important point was that army personnel were not armed on that day. Previously, people had requested the army to intervene, to which the army responded that the weapons armory of the 228th Brigade in Sanandaj was entirely controlled by the Revolutionary Guards and no weapons had been provided to them on Mahsa Amini’s fortieth day.
However, the Islamic Republic’s army in this city, with empty hands, provided shelter to protesting people who were under suppression by the Revolutionary Guards’ security forces.
Regarding this action by the army, Hengaw’s legal team states that the army’s conduct on the day of the event was purely passive and to some extent humanitarian in nature, and there is no evidence that army personnel positively supported the people. Therefore, merely providing shelter by the 228th Mobile Assault Brigade of the army to the people of Sanandaj cannot be interpreted as support in the legal sense. Furthermore, one cannot definitively state the reason for the closure of the 228th Brigade’s armory on that day.
The Farsi-speaking Christians News Network has published this report to clarify public understanding, and postpones verification of the accuracy of the reported news to supplementary reports.
Source: Hengaw
