The regime of Tehran represses in blood the protests that broke out after the death of Mahsa Amini , the 22-year- old Kurdish woman who died after being arrested for not wearing the hijab correctly .
The riots and demonstrations must be dealt with "harshly", said the ultra-conservative president Ebrahim Raisi, promising an iron fist with the "rioters who disturb order and security and therefore must be stopped".
Said and done, and the cost of human lives is very high.
According to Tehran, 35 people lost their lives after a week of marches, rallies and barricades, while NGOs and opposition sources have provided another version of the facts, denouncing at least 50 dead and hundreds of injured . According to Amnesty International, there are also four children among the victims.
Mass arrests were also impressive, in the province of Guilan alone "739 rioters, including 60 women" were arrested .
Obviously Tehran does not exclude the hand of Westerners: the Minister of the Interior, Ahmad Vahidi, is in fact convinced that the demonstrators are " following the United States and the European countries and the counter-revolutionaries with the aim of creating disorder and destruction ", adding that the ban Internet, Whatsapp and Instagram will continue until the end of the protests.
But the repression of the theocratic regime does not discourage the demonstrators, especially the students of several universities, including that of Tehran, who have continued to gather even today.
THE DEATH OF THE GIRL
Still dark on the causes of Mahsa Amini's death . Vahidi said he ruled out the beating by the police, saying to "await the final report from the medical team," which performs the autopsy. "Reports were received from security services, witnesses were interrogated, videos were reviewed, forensic doctors' opinions were obtained and it was ascertained that there were no beatings " on the young woman.
(Unioneonline / L)