On October 1, 2022, despite the heavy presence of riot police and plainclothes security agents, Iranian people held demonstrations in many cities including Mashhad, Rasht, Dehgolan, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tehran, Shahrekord, Shahin Shahr, Arak, Bukan, Babol, Karaj. Moreover, on at least 27 universities campus, the students held protests. These protests continued in Tehran, Isfahan, Bushehr and at least 25 universities on the following day, October 2.
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.
