Proteste gegen Sittenpolizei infographic
Grafik zeigt die Städte im Iran mit Protestmärschen und Zeitleiste von Irans Basij Sittenpolizei.
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Landesweite Proteste im Iran

By Duncan Mil

September 23, 2022 - Der Tod von Mahsa Amini, einer jungen Frau in Gewahrsam der iranischen "Sittenpolizei" führt zu Protesten im ganzen Land, die Basij
Milizen treiben die Demonstranten mit Gewalt auseinander.

An Amnesty International report said the group recorded the killings of twelve people, including four members of Basij, between September 16-23, during the biggest protests since 2019, when more than 300 people died.

Public protests against Amini’s death began last Friday in several parts of Iran. According to social media videos posted by Iranian citizen journalists, they spread rapidly to other areas this week, reaching 23 of Iran’s 31 provinces as of Friday (September 23, 2022).

Some social media videos contained footage of apparent anti-government protests by Iranian students in five universities, four in Tehran. They include the Allameh Tabataba’i University, Alzahra University, Islamic Azad University’s Science and Research Branch, University of Tehran, and Semnan University east of Tehran.

The U.S. Treasury Department Thursday imposed sanctions on the morality police, saying it was responsible for Amini’s death.

Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi told a news conference on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York that the death of Amini while in the custody of Iran’s morality police “must certainly be investigated”.

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PUBLISHED: 23/09/2022; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Iran Wire
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