At least 133 people were killed in Iran during a crackdown on demonstrations three weeks ago to protest the killing of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, after she was arrested by the vice police. Human Rights Organization in Iran.
The director of the organization, Mahmoud Amiri Moghadam, said that “the killing of demonstrators in Iran, especially in Zahedan, amounts to crimes against humanity” and emphasized that “it is the duty of the international community to investigate and prevent other crimes by Iran.”
For their part, Iranian official media reported the murder of five members of the Revolutionary Guards in Zahedan. In addition, Iranian state media reported that Iranian lawmakers chanted “Thank you, thank you police” during yesterday’s parliamentary session in the midst of anti-government protests across the country.
On the other hand, social media videos showed demonstrations in several cities such as Kermanshah, Shiraz and Mashhad, with participants chanting “Independence… Freedom… Death to Khamenei.”
On the other hand, the US administration welcomed the permission of Iranian-American Baker Namazi to leave Iran after being prevented from doing so for seven years, as well as the release of his imprisoned son Siamak, while official Iranian media said that Tehran expects to release its unpaid assets. abroad after “the end of negotiations with the United States.” About the prisoners” of the two countries.
In Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported that the move against Namazi and his son involved releasing frozen financial assets in South Korea for Iran.
He cited unnamed “informed sources” as predicting “the imminent release of $7 billion of frozen Iranian assets in South Korea as part of an Iran-America prisoner release deal.”
