At least 76 people died in the repression by the authorities of the demonstrations in Iran for more than a week for the death in detention of the young Mahsa Amini, the NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR), based in Norway, said on Monday.
“According to information collected by Iran Human Rights, at least 76 people died in the demonstrations” in 14 provinces of the country, the NGO said in a statement, specifying that “six women and four children” are among the deceased.
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IHR said it obtained “videos and death certificates confirming live bullets were fired at protesters.”
“We call on the international community to take practical steps in a united and determined manner to end the killing and torture of protesters,” said the organization’s director, Mahmood Amiry Moghaddam.
According to the NGO, the province of Mazandaran, in the north of the country, concentrates the highest number of dead demonstrators, 25. In Tehran, three died.
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The Oslo-based organization also said most families were “forced” to discreetly bury their loved ones at night, “and were pressured not to hold public funerals.”
“Many families were threatened with legal consequences if they publicized the deaths” of their relatives, the NGO report said.
The official count of the Iranian authorities has given account of 41 dead, including several members of the security forces.
Amini’s death, following his arrest by the morality police, sparked a wave of revulsion protests across Iran. The 22-year-old was arrested for breaking the strict dress code for Iranian women, which requires covering hair with a veil and wearing discreet clothing.
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In the north of the country, in the province of Mazandarán, the authorities reported 450 detainees in the ten days of mobilizations, according to the official press, two days after the arrest of more than 700 people in the neighboring province of Gilan.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) 18 reporters have been detained since the start of the protests.
In this regard, the Iranian Judiciary established this Monday special revolutionary courts to judge those detained in the protests that during the last 10 days have shaken Iran for Mahsa Amini, which total 1,186 detainees.
Tehran’s prosecutor, Ali Alqasí, announced the establishment of these special revolutionary courts “to try crimes against public security” that have been committed in recent days, according to the ISNA agency.
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“The Judiciary will act with determination against the main elements of the disturbances,” Alqasí said.
He also warned that they will “act” against the elements that disturb the peace on social networks, in which numerous videos of the protests have been published. Alqasí did not clarify how many people have been detained in the protests that are shaking the country, nor the number of deaths.
Solidarity rallies with Iranian women were also held over the weekend in Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Istanbul, Madrid, New York and other cities. In Paris and London on Sunday, police clashed with protesters trying to reach Iranian embassies.
In Paris the police fired tear gas grenades and in London 12 people were arrested and five policemen were “seriously injured”, according to the authorities.
*With information from AFP and EFE
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