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Iran protests escalate as crackdown continues
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 27 - 10 - 2022

Iran has seen one of the biggest nights of protests since anti-government demonstrations erupted six weeks ago.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in all major cities, as well as other places where demonstrations had subsided recently.
The escalation came after protesters marked 40 days since the death of a Kurdish Iranian woman in police custody which sparked the unrest.
It is the most serious challenge to the Islamic republic since its inception.
Norway-based Iran Human Rights says at least 234 protesters, including 29 children, have been killed by security forces in a crackdown. Iran's leaders have portrayed the unrest as "riots" fomented by foreigners.
Footage posted on social media and verified by the BBC show widespread protests on Wednesday night.
In the capital, Tehran, fires were lit in the street, while hundreds marched down a main road chanting slogans including "Death to the dictator", a reference to Iran's supreme leader and which has become a common refrain.
Other cities, such as Andimeshk and Borujerd in the west, and Lahijan, near the Caspian Sea in the north, also saw a resurgence of protests.
The upsurge came after a day on which police are reported to have opened fire on protesters in Saqqez, home city of Mahsa Amini, who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab "improperly".
Thousands had gathered near her marking 40 days since her death. A rights group and witnesses said officers fired live rounds and tear gas at the crowds in the city. Numbers of casualties are not known.
"The society is very angry. We had enough of them [Iranian leadership]," 27-year-old protester, Mahsa, in Karaj, close to Tehran, told BBC Persian.
"I want to have the right to say no to these people. I'm tired of being a second-class citizen. Because I am a woman. Men are tired of the intimidations by the regime. This is the first time in the history of our country that we stand together for a goal which is woman, life and freedom."
Protests swept across Iran after Ms Amini, 22, died on 16 September.
She had been detained three days earlier by the morality police in Tehran and fell into a coma after collapsing at a detention center.
There were reports that officers beat her with a baton and banged her head against a vehicle, but police denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered a heart attack.
The BBC and other independent media are banned from reporting from inside Iran, making state media and other reports hard to verify. Authorities have also heavily disrupted the internet, hampering the ability of protesters to post on social media. — BBC


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