Paris: At least 31 civilians had been killed in an Iranian safety forces crackdown on protests that erupted over the dying of Mahsa Amini after her arrest via way of means of the morality police, an Oslo-primarily based totally NGO stated today.
“The humans of Iran have come to the streets to gain their essential rights and human dignity… and the authorities is responding to their non violent protest with bullets,” Iran Human Rights (IHR) director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam stated in a statement, publishing a toll after six days of protests.
IHR stated it had showed protests taking region in over 30 towns and different city centres, elevating alarm over “mass arrests” of protesters and civil society activists.
Protests first erupted over the weekend withinside the northern province of Kurdistan, from in which Amini originated, however have now unfold throughout the country.
IHR stated its toll protected the deaths of eleven humans killed Wednesday night time withinside the metropolis of Amol withinside the northern Mazandaran province at the Caspian Sea, and 6 killed in Babol withinside the equal province.
Meanwhile, the fundamental northeastern town of Tabriz noticed its first dying withinside the protests, IHR stated.
“Condemnation and expression of challenge via way of means of the worldwide network are not enough,” Amiry-Moghaddam stated.
Earlier, Kurdish rights organization Hengaw stated 15 humans have been killed in Kurdistan province and different Kurdish-populated regions of the north of Iran, consisting of 8 on Wednesday night time.