At least 31 civilians had been killed in an Iranian protection forces crackdown on protests that erupted over the demise of Mahsa Amini after her arrest with the aid of using the morality police, an Oslo-primarily based totally NGO stated Thursday. The humans of Iran have come to the streets to reap their essential rights and human dignity… and the authorities is responding to their non violent protest with bullets,” Iran Human Rights (IHR) director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam stated in a statement, publishing a toll after six days of protests.
IHR stated it had showed protests taking region in over 30 towns and different city centres, elevating alarm over “mass arrests” of protesters and civil society activists. Protests first erupted over the weekend withinside the northern province of Kurdistan, from wherein Amini originated, however have now unfold throughout the country.
IHR stated its toll blanketed the deaths of eleven humans killed Wednesday night time withinside the metropolis of Amol withinside the northern Mazandaran province at the Caspian Sea, and 6 killed in Babol withinside the identical province. Meanwhile, the essential northeastern metropolis of Tabriz noticed its first demise withinside the protests, IHR stated. “Condemnation and expression of situation with the aid of using the global network are now not enough,” Amiry-Moghaddam stated. Earlier, Kurdish rights institution Hengaw stated 15 humans were killed in Kurdistan province and different Kurdish-populated regions of the north of Iran, along with 8 on Wednesday night time.
