Today, Monday, Paris expressed “in its strongest condemnation the brutal crackdown by the Iranian security apparatus on demonstrations” that continues in Iran following the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, after she was arrested by the Vice Police.
“This brutal crackdown has resulted in the killing of dozens of demonstrators and women demonstrators in recent days,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement, noting that France is discussing with its European partners “options to respond to these new violations of women’s rights.” rights and human rights in Iran”.
Iranian authorities have arrested more than 1,200 demonstrators as the crackdown continued on its tenth night to protest the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, when she was arrested by vice police, officials said Monday.
At least 41 people were killed, including demonstrators and security personnel, according to official figures, and Human Rights in Iran announced that a security campaign conducted by the Iranian authorities against the demonstrators “resulted in the deaths of at least 76 people. people.”
The French Foreign Ministry stressed that “France condemns all acts of violence, arbitrary arrests and detentions (…) and egregious violations of women’s rights and freedom of expression through the disruption of news websites and social networks”, as well as the arrests of “journalists in time for their performance of their duties.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on “Iran to put an end to the brutal repression and fully comply with its international human rights obligations (…) and guarantee freedom of peaceful assembly, association and freedom of opinion and expression, especially on the Internet. “
