Iran & Morality Police developments

[Marina Salty]

This is all very sad but also very interesting.
It's been going on for days and it looks like it's getting bigger, probably the biggest public reaction the theocracy has had in recent years.

Iran protests spread, death toll rises as internet curbed

Iranian authorities and a Kurdish rights group reported rising death tolls on Wednesday as anger at the death of a woman detained by the morality police fuelled protests for a fifth day and fresh restrictions were placed on social media.

www.reuters.com

 

[Peekaboo]

Seems the protesting is intensifying in the Iranian Kurdistan area



Hard to say if this is going to come to something considering previous uprisings were quashed but the bravery of these students and protesters should be commended.

 

[octophone]

The footage that was coming through last night was quite the mixture. It was inspiring not just to see women protesting but to see men holding back the police while women protested - now *that's* allyship, putting yourself between the protest and the cops - but there was also emerging reports of horrendous violence and some very worrying footage.

 

[Marina Salty]

Designating Iran’s Morality Police and Seven Officials for Human Rights Abuses in Iran - United States Department of State

The United States condemns the tragic and brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police after being detained for purportedly wearing a hijab too loosely. We mourn with her loved ones and with the Iranian people. In response to...

www.state.gov

 

[Marina Salty]

Christiane Amanpour who was asked by the Iranian leadership to wear a headscarf today, says she doesn't see any change for the better coming out of this

 

[Beverley]

I am so inspired by the women-led protests, but really afraid of the inevitable crackdown.

 

[K.C.]

They've been poisoned by 'Western' ideas.

 

[Dark Carnival]

I'm following this pretty closely. Iran is such a big player in the region with considerable influence on what happens in Iraq and Lebanon, for example. Unfortunately, with a total blackout imposed by a totalitarian regime, the sources of information are mostly not local.

 

[Marina Salty]

They are going to put a thousand people on some sort of public trials this week, it will get even uglier.

 

[Art Decade]

 

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[Marina Salty]

Don't know if true but read her exact words were glory to the Azeris of Iran when she did that