Iranian Human Rights Organization confirms 76 people killed in protests over Mahsa Amini's death
The Iranian Human Rights Organization reported that at least 76 people had been killed in Iran as of October 24 in protest rallies following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Ershad Patrol.
According to this organization's report, Mazandaran province had the most victims in these protests with 25 people, followed by Gilan and West Azerbaijan provinces with 10 deaths each.
The report also states that of the total 76 deaths, at least six were women and four were children.
The Iranian Human Rights Organization has announced these statistics based on published videos and death certificates it has received, which confirm direct shooting using live ammunition.
These figures come two days after the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting announced that 41 people had been killed in recent protests.
According to the Iranian Human Rights Organization, most of the dead are buried at night under pressure from security agencies, and their families are under pressure not to hold public funerals. Meanwhile, many families have been threatened with formal legal charges if they disclose information.
On the other hand, official and unofficial reports indicate that hundreds of people have been injured and several thousand have been arrested in various cities in Iran, but no precise reports have been published in this regard yet.
On Monday, the human rights website "Hengao" announced the death toll in Kurdistan Province at 18, the number of injured at nearly 900, and the number of detainees at more than a thousand.
The Sari Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor also announced on Sunday the arrest of 450 people in Mazandaran province.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Human Rights Organization has warned about the continued killing of protesters and the possibility of using torture and abuse against detainees to extract forced and televised confessions, and has called for immediate and unanimous action by the international community.
Mahmoud Amiri-Moghaddam, the director of this organization, while seriously warning about the "risk of torture and abuse of detainees," described the "use of weapons of war against protesters" as an "international crime."
He called on the international community to "firmly and unitedly take a practical approach to prevent the torture and killing of protesters."
Mr. Amiri-Moghaddam added: "All countries in the world must defend the will of the Iranian people to achieve their fundamental rights."
As protests spread across more than 80 cities in Iran and a significant number of cities around the world following the death of Mahsa Amini, some governments have begun to impose sanctions on the Islamic Republic, condemning the violent and deadly crackdown on protests in Iran. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that his country would impose sanctions on a number of individuals and institutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the “moral security police.”
A few hours earlier, German Foreign Minister Annalena Bruck also called for sanctions against Islamic Republic officials for suppressing the protests, saying that the "further consequences" for the Iranian government should be examined very quickly in European Union circles.
Previously, on September 21, the US Treasury Department had sanctioned Iran's moral security police on charges of harassment and violence against women and violating the rights of Iranian protesters.
Many critics believe that imposing such sanctions alone is not enough to pressure the Islamic Republic and have called for a halt to negotiations between world powers and this government regarding the revival of the JCPOA.
The ongoing protests in Iran began after the death of Mahsa (Zina) Amini, a 22-year-old from Saqqez, who was arrested by Ershad patrol officers on September 12 and died three days later of brain death.
Eyewitnesses stated that the beating of Mahsa Amini in Ershad's patrol car was the reason she fell into a coma.
Source: Radio Farda
