In this image from video provided by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, a protester reacts after a water container was hit by a bullet during a protest in Javanroud, a Kurdish town in western Iran, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022.
IRANIAN security forces used heavy gunfire on protesters in a Kurdish town in the country’s west on Monday, killing at least five people, according to activists.
The shooting in Javanrud took place after an anti-government demonstration erupted at the funeral of two people killed the day before.
Videos circulating online show dozens of protesters taking shelter in alleyways as heavy gunfire echoes through the streets. The footage shows individuals lying motionless and bloodied on the ground and residents gathering at a local hospital to donate blood.
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
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