Women attend a protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran, during a rally in Tel Aviv, Saturday, October 29, 2022
ACTIVISTS demanded action today over the “massive number of arrests” made by the Iranian authorities during the continuing protests in the country.
The protests followed the death in detention of Mahsa Amini in September at the hands of the so-called morality police for allegedly breaking the strict dress code for women.
Reports suggest that as many as 14,000 people may have been arrested and at least 284 killed.
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
