According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Baha’i citizen Leily Karami was arrested at her house in Shiraz.
The reason for her arrest and the charge is still unknown.
On October 17, security forces arrested journalist Farkhandeh Ashoori at her house in Shiraz and transferred her to an unidentified location. She has not yet contacted her family.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, on October 17, 2022, journalist Farkhandeh Ashoori was arrested in Shiraz.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, Parisa Roohi Zadegan was arrested and transferred to Adel-Abad Prison for sentencing.
In 2016, security forces arrested Roohi Zadegan and then released her on bail. Her trial began on June 15, 2020, until May 18, 2022, when the Shiraz Revolutionary Court sentenced her to two years in prison on the charges of “propaganda against the regime, forming anti-regime groups and collaboration with hostile countries in the form of Baha’i organization.”
On Saturday, October 8, people took to the streets and demonstrated in several cities, including Tehran, Sanandaj, Aak, Isfahan, Karaj, Mashhad, Hamedan and Javanrud.
Moreover, the students gathered and protested on at least 17 universities campus. The students chanted slogans against the regime, such as “We will fight, We will take Iran back,” “Student! Shout out for your rights,” “Death to the dictator,” and “They took Nika and gave back her body” (referring to Nika Shakarami, a teenage girl who was killed by the security forces during the protest).”
In Tehran, Mashhad and Sanandaj, bloody street clashes erupted between the protestors and the police. In some videos, sounds of gunshots are heard.
In several cities, including Tehran, Shiraz, Marivan, Bukan, Sanandaj and Saqqez, traders and shopkeepers went on strike and closed their shops in protest.
Iran-State TV broadcasted more coerced confessions extracted from people arrested during the protest.
So far, thousands of protestors have been arrested, and the number is increasing daily. On Saturday alone, HRANA identified 26 arrests.
HRANA has identified more than 200 people killed during the protests. HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, is still working on fact-checking and reviewing the reports independently.
Below is the compilation of the videos from the protests on Saturday, October 8.
The map below shows the geographical distribution of protests across Iran during the last 48 hours.
In most cases, peaceful student protests turned violent by the police as dozens of students were arrested by the security forces. On the University of Isfahan campus, the security agents or the police fired tear gas at the crowd of protesting students.
Last night, the police and security forces surrounded the Sharif University of Technology, chasing and arresting violently the students who left the campus. The police fired tear gas and pellet guns, leading to several students’ injuries.
According to Iran’s Student Union, several protesting students were trapped in a university building by university security agents and then arrested by the police.
The students chanted slogans such as “Death to the dictator”, “don’t call it protests, it is now a revolution”, and “jailed students should be freed.” They also chanted slogans against the Supreme Leader, Khamenei.
On October 2, in Isfahan and Piranshahr, traders and shopkeepers joined the general strike and closed their shops.
Meanwhile, in recent days, the record-breaking hashtag Mahsa Amini (مهسا_امینی#) reached over 200 million times on Twitter.
Like the previous days, most parts of the country, especially Kurdistan, faced internet and mobile phone disruptions and outages.
Last Friday, September 30, in Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchistan province, the security forces opened fire at the crowd of protestors coming from the Friday prayer. According to Iranian Sunni cleric Molavi Abdul Hamid, at least 40 people were killed in this incident.
The number of people arrested is increasing day on day. HRANA identified 31 arrests alone for yesterday.
Kurdistan police chief claimed that more than 150 people arrested during the “unrest” have been released.
It is estimated that 30 to 40 students at the Sharif University of Technology were arrested.
Anti-riot police and security forces use live ammunition against the protestors. HRANA has identified 150 death tolls, of which some have been verified by HRANA after fact-checking.
Below is the compilation of the videos from the protests in the past 24 hours.
On September 24,25, 2022, despite the heavy presence of riot police and plainclothes security agents, people held demonstrations in many cities, including Shahin-Shahr, Karaj, Shiraz, Amol, Babol, Sanandaj, Tehran, Fardis, Isfahan, Tabriz, Zahedan, Fuman, Sabzevar, Qaen, Shahr-e-Rey, and Nowshahr.
The Sharif University of Technology and the University of Tehran students held protests on campus, chanting slogans such as “Death to the dictator”, “Jailed student should be freed”, and “We will fight, we will die, but we will take back Iran.”
The two maps below show the geographical distribution and concentrations of the protests until the seventh day of protests.
On September 25, the Coordination Council of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association issued a statement asking teachers and students all over Iran to join the general strike.
It is estimated that many individuals have been arrested, as 450 arrests were reported only in the city of Sari. However, HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, is still working on fact-checking and reviewing the reports independently. HRANA has identified and verified 48 individuals arrested so far.
There were also reports of several individuals killed as a result of the brutality of the security apparatus. The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported 41 deaths, of which HRANA has identified 38.
The map below shows the distribution of the death toll as of the seventh day of protests.
Below is a compilation of the videos gathered on the eighth and ninth days of protests in Iran.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, political prisoner Mehran Farhadi is facing faced new charges.
On July 16, 2022, Farhadi will face indictment for the charges of “insulting the authorities” and “spreading falsehood on the Internet”.
On September 27, 2020, Farhadi was arrested at his house in Tehran. He was held at a detention facility in Tehran for three months and later transferred to a notorious detention facility known as House No 100, in Shiraz. On March 3, 2021, Farhadiwas sent to Nezam Prison in Shiraz and on June 26, 2022, transferred to Adel-Abad Prison.
On May 2, 2021, the Shiraz Revolutionary Court sentenced Farhadi to three years and ten months in prison on the charges of “acting against national security through membership in anti-regime groups”, “offensive statements against the Supreme Leader”, and propaganda against the regime”. Based on Article 134 of the Islamic Penal Code, two years and two months for one charge are enforceable.
The retirees of the Telecommunication Company of Iran held protests in front of the company headquarters in Tehran, Khorramabad, Qazvin, Shiraz, Hamedan, Javanrud, Shahrkurd, Yazd, Urmia, Tabriz, Ahvaz, Rasht, Sari and Arak.
The retirees protested against low and unpaid benefits, delays in payments and not complying with recruitment regulations.
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Continuing their protests against low pensions, Iranian pensioners held a protest in front of the Governor-General Building in Shush.
A group of workers of the Tabriz Petrochemical Company gathered in front of the company’s entrance to demand closing disparities in wages and elimination of discrimination.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting Rokna News Agency, in Shiraz, at least 20 coffee shops were closed by the local authorities.
Earlier, on June 21, police arrested ten individuals for organizing a youth gathering called the “Go Skateboarding Day” event. Following the authorities’ requests for restrictive measures, the Shiraz Department of Public Safety shut down at least 20 coffee shops, which were considered skateboarding youth’s hangout locations.
According to one of the shop owners, the police had warned that they want the coffee shops closed by night time. The police did not provide any written notice. The same individual said it is unclear when the coffee shops would re-open.
The police and plainclothes agents have also increased the harassment of women in the streets allegedly for failing to comply with forced veiling. A few days after the event, some unverified pictures circulating on social media showed some individuals praying at the place of the event to repel the wrath of God for skateboarding.
Iran’s regime routinely violates citizens’ privacy rights and cultural activities, which they say are unlawful according to Islamic values.
According to HRANA, the news agency of Human Rights Activists, quoting the Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association, on Sunday, May 29, 2022, teacher union activist Iraj Rahnama was arrested at his house in Shiraz.
The reason for his arrest, the charges and his whereabouts are unknown so far.
Iraj Rahnama is the deputy head of the Teachers’ Trade Association of Fars Province.
