increase up Under the oppressive rule of the system, Charo is a 35-year-old college graduate who never thought she’d hear the words of Open rebellion to speak out Aloud. Now she herself is chanting slogans like “Death to the dictator!” with she was not angry know She had it, as is joins protests calling for overthrow the country’s rulers.
Sharu said that after three weeks of protests, triggered by death of a young Women in nursery of The dreaded morality police are angry at the authorities only risingdespite the bloody suppression that took place left dozens dead and hundreds in detention.
“The situation here is tense and volatile,” she said. city of Sandwich in northwest of Iran, one of hot spots of protests.
“we just waiting for something will happen, like “It’s a ticking time bomb,” she told the Associated Press. via Telegram messenger service.
Antigovernment protests in Sanandaj, 300 miles (500 kilometers) from the capital, is a scale model of Leaderless protests that have wracked Iran.
It is largely driven by women And young people have evolved of spontaneous gatherings in In the midst of scattered demonstrations in Residential areas, schools and universities are where activists try to evade the increasingly brutal crackdown.
Tensions escalated again Saturday in Sanandaj after human rights monitors said two protesters were killed dead Several others were injured after the operation resumed of Demonstrations. Residents said there was a heavy security presence in the city with Ongoing patrolling and security personnel positioned on Main streets.
The Associated Press spoke to six Activists in Sandwich who He said repression tactics, including beatings and arrests use of live Ammunition and Internet turmoil make it difficult in times To keep the momentum going. However, protests continued with other expressions of Civil disobedience, such as trade strikes and drivers Honking horns at the security forces.
activists in The city wire on their condition full Withholding the names for fear of retaliation by the Iranian authorities. Their accounts were confirmed by three human rights monitors.
burial
Three weeks ago, a program news of The death of 22-year Amini’s old soup in nursery of morality police in Tehran quickly spread across it home Governorate of Kurdistan, of Which Sanandaj is its capital? Response was fast in The poor and the historically marginalized area.
The burial was also underway in Amini town of squawked on September 17, the protesters were already filling soybean main Activists said.
People of All ages were present and started chanting slogans repeated in Cities Across Iran: “Women. Life. Freedom.”
Amine family was under pressure from government To bury the whisper quickly before a critical Mass of Afana, 38, said the protesters formed.yearOld fashion designer from Sqzz. She was at the funeral that day and continued crowds From cemetery to city Field.
Roseanne 32-year Old housewife, she didn’t know Amine personally. But when I heard young a woman died in nursery of morality police in Tehran was arrested for violates the state hijab rulesShe felt compelled to go to street that day.
“The same thing happened to me,” she said. In 2013, like Amini, I ventured to the capital with A friend when the morality police arrested her for her abaya, or the baggy robe of which she is a part of Mandatory dress was very short. She was taken to the same facility where Amini later died, and had her fingerprints taken and made to me sign Advertising of guilt.
“It could have been me,” she said. In the years that followed, Roseanne A former Nurse, he was dismissed from the local government Ministry of Health for Being very upfront about her views on women’s rights.
After the funeral, she saw an elderly woman taking a gun step forward And the in one A quick gesture, remove her veil. “I felt inspired to do the same,” she said.
suppression
In the first Three days after the burial, protesters were pulled out of the demonstrations in arrest raids in Sanandaj. at the end of The arrests during the week targeted well-known activists and protest organizers.
Lawyer Dunya said it was one between small group of women human rights activists who Help organize the protests. that they also Asking shopkeepers to respect a call for Trade strike along city’s main Streets.
Almost all files women in our group be in jail Now,” she said.
Internet disconnection made this is difficult for Protesters to communicate with one Post across cities and with The outside world.
“We were waking up up in “It was in the morning and I had no idea what was going on,” said Sharu, a university graduate. Internet will come back intermittently, often late at night or while at work hoursbut quickly cut off in In the late afternoon, a time when many were gathering to protest.
Heavy security presence also Ban mass gatherings.
“There are patrols in Almost all streetand they broke up groups, even if they are just two or three people Walking on The street, Charo said.
During the demonstrations, security forces fired shotguns and tear gas into the crowd, causing many deaths run. protection personnel on Motorcycles also led to crowds in try to break them up.
All the activists interviewed said they either witnessed or heard live Ammo. Iranian authorities have so far denied this and blamed separatist groups on occasions when use of live fire Verified.
Protesters say fear is a close companion. The wounded were often hesitant use Ambulances or going to hospitals, for fear of getting caught. activists also Suspect government Detectives were trying to mix in with The crowds.
But the verbs of The resistance continued.
“I assure you, the protests are not over,” said Charo people They are angry, they talk back to the police in Ways I’ve never seen before.”
disobedience
anger runs deep. Sanandaj Forum of Three factors made city mature land for protest activity – history of ethnic resistance, rising And long poverty history of women’s rights activism.
However, the protests were not identified on ethnic or regional grounds despite their eruption in Mostly Kurdish area, said researcher Tara Sepehri Faris for Human Rights Watch. “It was very unique in That means,” she said.
There were waves of Protest in Iran in Recent years, bigger in 2009 bring big crowds On the streets after what the protesters felt was a stolen election. But the challenge and demands continue for change the system during current It seems that a wave is more dangerous challenge in years of the system.
Like most of Iran and Sanandaj have suffered because of US sanctions and the novel coronavirus pandemic economy and stimulated inflation. far from the capital, in the parties of The country, its inhabitants look at it with Suspicion by the system.
By the third week, with opening of Universities and schools, students began holding small rallies and joined the movement.
Videos have been shared on social media Show students to school masters making fun, school girls taking off their headscarves on The street And chanted: “One by one one they will kill usIf we don’t stand together.”
one university student They said they were planning on College district classes.
Afsaneh, the clothes designer, said she likes it wearing veil. “But I protest because it was never my choice.”
to her parentsfor fear for to her safetyTry to convince her to stay home. But she disobeyed them and pretended to go to work in In the morning just to search for Protest gatherings around city.
“I am angry, no fear – we just need This feeling is overflowing on the street she said.
increase up Under the oppressive rule of the system, Charo is a 35-year-old college graduate who never thought she’d hear the words of Open rebellion to speak out Aloud. Now she herself is chanting slogans like “Death to the dictator!” with she was not angry know She had it, as is joins protests calling for overthrow the country’s rulers.
Sharu said that after three weeks of protests, triggered by death of a young Women in nursery of The dreaded morality police are angry at the authorities only risingdespite the bloody suppression that took place left dozens dead and hundreds in detention.
“The situation here is tense and volatile,” she said. city of Sandwich in northwest of Iran, one of hot spots of protests.
“we just waiting for something will happen, like “It’s a ticking time bomb,” she told the Associated Press. via Telegram messenger service.
Antigovernment protests in Sanandaj, 300 miles (500 kilometers) from the capital, is a scale model of Leaderless protests that have wracked Iran.
It is largely driven by women And young people have evolved of spontaneous gatherings in In the midst of scattered demonstrations in Residential areas, schools and universities are where activists try to evade the increasingly brutal crackdown.
Tensions escalated again Saturday in Sanandaj after human rights monitors said two protesters were killed dead Several others were injured after the operation resumed of Demonstrations. Residents said there was a heavy security presence in the city with Ongoing patrolling and security personnel positioned on Main streets.
The Associated Press spoke to six Activists in Sandwich who He said repression tactics, including beatings and arrests use of live Ammunition and Internet turmoil make it difficult in times To keep the momentum going. However, protests continued with other expressions of Civil disobedience, such as trade strikes and drivers Honking horns at the security forces.
activists in The city wire on their condition full Withholding the names for fear of retaliation by the Iranian authorities. Their accounts were confirmed by three human rights monitors.
burial
Three weeks ago, a program news of The death of 22-year Amini’s old soup in nursery of morality police in Tehran quickly spread across it home Governorate of Kurdistan, of Which Sanandaj is its capital? Response was fast in The poor and the historically marginalized area.
The burial was also underway in Amini town of squawked on September 17, the protesters were already filling soybean main Activists said.
People of All ages were present and started chanting slogans repeated in Cities Across Iran: “Women. Life. Freedom.”
Amine family was under pressure from government To bury the whisper quickly before a critical Mass of Afana, 38, said the protesters formed.yearOld fashion designer from Sqzz. She was at the funeral that day and continued crowds From cemetery to city Field.
Roseanne 32-year Old housewife, she didn’t know Amine personally. But when I heard young a woman died in nursery of morality police in Tehran was arrested for violates the state hijab rulesShe felt compelled to go to street that day.
“The same thing happened to me,” she said. In 2013, like Amini, I ventured to the capital with A friend when the morality police arrested her for her abaya, or the baggy robe of which she is a part of Mandatory dress was very short. She was taken to the same facility where Amini later died, and had her fingerprints taken and made to me sign Advertising of guilt.
“It could have been me,” she said. In the years that followed, Roseanne A former Nurse, he was dismissed from the local government Ministry of Health for Being very upfront about her views on women’s rights.
After the funeral, she saw an elderly woman taking a gun step forward And the in one A quick gesture, remove her veil. “I felt inspired to do the same,” she said.
suppression
In the first Three days after the burial, protesters were pulled out of the demonstrations in arrest raids in Sanandaj. at the end of The arrests during the week targeted well-known activists and protest organizers.
Lawyer Dunya said it was one between small group of women human rights activists who Help organize the protests. that they also Asking shopkeepers to respect a call for Trade strike along city’s main Streets.
Almost all files women in our group be in jail Now,” she said.
Internet disconnection made this is difficult for Protesters to communicate with one Post across cities and with The outside world.
“We were waking up up in “It was in the morning and I had no idea what was going on,” said Sharu, a university graduate. Internet will come back intermittently, often late at night or while at work hoursbut quickly cut off in In the late afternoon, a time when many were gathering to protest.
Heavy security presence also Ban mass gatherings.
“There are patrols in Almost all streetand they broke up groups, even if they are just two or three people Walking on The street, Charo said.
During the demonstrations, security forces fired shotguns and tear gas into the crowd, causing many deaths run. protection personnel on Motorcycles also led to crowds in try to break them up.
All the activists interviewed said they either witnessed or heard live Ammo. Iranian authorities have so far denied this and blamed separatist groups on occasions when use of live fire Verified.
Protesters say fear is a close companion. The wounded were often hesitant use Ambulances or going to hospitals, for fear of getting caught. activists also Suspect government Detectives were trying to mix in with The crowds.
But the verbs of The resistance continued.
“I assure you, the protests are not over,” said Charo people They are angry, they talk back to the police in Ways I’ve never seen before.”
disobedience
anger runs deep. Sanandaj Forum of Three factors made city mature land for protest activity – history of ethnic resistance, rising And long poverty history of women’s rights activism.
However, the protests were not identified on ethnic or regional grounds despite their eruption in Mostly Kurdish area, said researcher Tara Sepehri Faris for Human Rights Watch. “It was very unique in That means,” she said.
There were waves of Protest in Iran in Recent years, bigger in 2009 bring big crowds On the streets after what the protesters felt was a stolen election. But the challenge and demands continue for change the system during current It seems that a wave is more dangerous challenge in years of the system.
Like most of Iran and Sanandaj have suffered because of US sanctions and the novel coronavirus pandemic economy and stimulated inflation. far from the capital, in the parties of The country, its inhabitants look at it with Suspicion by the system.
By the third week, with opening of Universities and schools, students began holding small rallies and joined the movement.
Videos have been shared on social media Show students to school masters making fun, school girls taking off their headscarves on The street And chanted: “One by one one they will kill usIf we don’t stand together.”
one university student They said they were planning on College district classes.
Afsaneh, the clothes designer, said she likes it wearing veil. “But I protest because it was never my choice.”
to her parentsfor fear for to her safetyTry to convince her to stay home. But she disobeyed them and pretended to go to work in In the morning just to search for Protest gatherings around city.
“I am angry, no fear – we just need This feeling is overflowing on the street she said.