France 24 correspondent in Iran said Tehran is experiencing an unusual downturn in traffic, meaning many Iranians are refraining from taking their children to school as part of a general strike that began on Monday and will last three days. protesters against the regime in the country. Despite the warnings of the authorities, shops were closed in several Iranian cities on the background of this action on Monday, and judging by the photos circulated on social networks, about 75 cities participated in this strike.
In addition, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran announced on Tuesday the arrest of twelve people on charges of belonging to a “group of saboteurs” with links to European countries, living in Germany and the Netherlands, with access to weapons and intending to carry with them activities aimed at to ensure national security.
He added: “They were arrested and their plan to provoke riots failed, with no indication of the place and date of these arrests, and the Revolutionary Guards were warned of more ‘terror attacks’.”
Iran has witnessed protest movements following the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by the “vice police” on September 16 for violating Iran’s strict dress code. Last week, a Revolutionary Guards commander announced that more than 300 people, including dozens of members of the security forces, had died in the riots, and thousands had been arrested.
