Kaleme website: More than 140 people have been killed in protests in Kermanshah, Kurdistan, and West Azerbaijan
According to the Kaleme website, more than 140 people have lost their lives in recent protests in Iran in the provinces of Kermanshah, Kurdistan, and West Azerbaijan.
On Thursday, December 4, the Kalameh website published this report, announcing that, based on reliable information confirmed by Kalameh website sources, a total of 140 people have lost their lives due to direct gunfire by military and security forces following the suppression of recent public protests in Iran.
According to this report, 70 people were killed in Kermanshah city, 40 in Marivan, 25 in Javanroud, and 5 others in Bukan due to gunshot wounds.
The website Kaleme places the responsibility for pursuing violations and reporting crimes against military personnel and plainclothes personnel who have attempted to shoot directly at people on the shoulders of members of parliament and the judiciary. As in the past, the Islamic Republic authorities have claimed that protesters shot at people. However, this time, films and documents show that their claim is false.
Previously, Amnesty International announced in its latest report on the suppression of popular protests in November that, according to credible reports received by the organization, at least 208 people were killed in these protests, and that the actual number of deaths is likely higher.
Following the sudden increase in gasoline prices, Iran witnessed widespread protests against the Islamic Republic. On Friday, November 14, after news of the sudden increase in gasoline prices was released, protests took place in various cities in Iran, and just one day after the protests began, the Islamic Republic almost completely cut off the internet on Saturday night, November 15.
On Tuesday, December 3, President Donald Trump once again reacted to the Iranian government's actions against protestors, saying on the sidelines of a NATO summit: "It is very unfortunate that protesters in Iran were killed simply because they were protesting."
On the sidelines of this gathering, the US President repeatedly referred to the issue of Iranian protesters and America's support for the Iranian people, saying: "Protesters in Iran are seeking freedom, and we fully support them."
On Monday, December 1, in a speech at the University of Lowell (Louisville), US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged the internal reasons for the protests in some Middle Eastern countries, and also referred to the role of the Islamic Republic in these countries, saying that the Iranian regime is the common factor behind all the protests in the region.
Source: Voice of America
