More than 50 reporters who made the young Kurdish woman’s case public and wrote about the protests have been arrested
Nearly two months after the death of young Kurdish Mahsa Amini, 22, after being arrested by the moral police for improperly wearing the veil, anti-regime protests continue in various parts of the country. And the arrests. Security forces arrested journalist Nazila Marufian on Friday for conducting an interview with Amini’s father, Amjad. The text, which has already been withdrawn, was released on the Mostaghel portal on October 19 and contained statements from Amjad claiming that his daughter had no medical problems and accusing authorities of lying.
“I have no intention of committing suicide and I do not suffer from a serious illness,” the journalist said when publishing the interview in an attempt to dispel doubts in case she is later found dead, according to news agencies. Days later, Marufian, who like Amini is from Kurdistan province, was arrested in her own home and transferred to Evin Prison in Tehran, Norwegian NGO Hengaw reported, reporting on two other reporters who made the case public. who are still trapped in Evin.
Apparently they are not alone. The Committee to Protect Journalists assured that 54 of them have been detained since the protests began, of which only a dozen have been released.
Marufian’s arrest came hours after violent clashes in the capital during a mourning ceremony for a victim of the repression, which has already left more than 170 dead and more than a thousand arrested, according to the Iran Human Rights (IHR) NGO. On this occasion, it was a farewell in honor of Hadis Najafi, a 22-year-old who also disappeared in the demonstrations. Her family claimed she was shot dead by police while protesting in Karaj on September 21, although officials asked her to say she had died of a “heart attack”; a version similar to Amini’s.
According to IHR, a large crowd took part in the ceremony, so police blocked the highway leading to the cemetery to prevent more people from coming. “This year is the year of the blood, Seyyed Ali Khamenei will be overthrown,” the protesters shouted in reference to the Iranian supreme leader, according to videos published by local media showing the clashes that broke out between civilians and agents, who started the fire. opened on the Protestants. According to the official Irna agency, which calculates that there were 500 participants in the “riots”, an officer of the paramilitary militia Basij – affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards – was killed and ten police officers were injured.
Faced with this situation, numerous international leaders have denounced the Iranian repression and asked their citizens to leave the country. But the United States went further. The president, Joe Biden, confirmed during a speech in the state of California yesterday that he will “liberate” Iran. “Don’t worry, we’re going to liberate Iran. They’re going to liberate themselves very soon,” he said. The answer was immediate. His ayatollah counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, stressed that his country was “liberated from captivity 43 years ago, Mr President, and will never be your cash cow again”, adding that “to this day the symbol of arrogance is the ruling caste in America.
On the other hand, another violent episode is added to the atmosphere of tension. Shia cleric Sayad Shahraki was shot dead by a group of gunmen in the city of Zahedan, one of the epicenters of anti-authority protests that broke out in June over the rape of a girl by a police officer and then, in September, gained strength. with the death of Amini. A flame of anger and indignation that has not yet been extinguished.
Source: La Verdad
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