Iran Focus
London, 2 Jan – Some 30 protesters have been killed by the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as nationwide uprising of the Iranian people enter its sixth day, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
Fearful of overthrow and desperate to confronting the popular nationwide uprising, the clerical regime has started blind arrests and so far detained at least 1,000 in the first to forth days of the uprising.
On Monday, despite brutal suppression by the Mullahs’ regime, people took to the streets en mass in Tehran and dozens of other cities across the country, chanting, “Death to Khamenei”, “Khamenei, shame on you, Let go the country”.
This is while the repressive forces are in full alert and are using their full force to prevent the formation of demonstrations and gatherings. In many cities, intense clashes occurred between the people and the IRGC forces.
Deputy governor of Tehran province, Ali Asghar Naserbakht, said on Sunday that some 200 people arrested on December 30, the third day of the uprising in the area between “Enqelab Square and Mosadeq Square” in Tehran.
Ali Azadeh, governor of Markazi province, said in an interview on December 31 that on December 30 “we arrested more than 100… in Arak, and we think that in the next few days we will identify and arrest more of the attackers with the information we have obtained.”
“50 to 60 people have been arrested in Kashan’s illegal gatherings,” State-run Mehr News Agency quoted the Kashan prosecutor who added “any illegal gathering and insurgents will be dealt with seriously. The law enforcement officers will deal with any unauthorized gathering violently and legally.”
According to Tasnim News Agency, Alireza Radfar, Political and Security Deputy Governor of the West Azerbaijan Province, announced the arrest of 10 people.
According to State-run news agency ILNA, Col. Abdullah Zadeh Pashaki, police chief of city of Robat Karim, 11 people were arrested last night.
Habibollah Khojastehpour, political-security deputy in the provincial governorate of Lorestan, said in Noorabad, Dorood and in the capital of the province “a number of violators have been arrested by security forces.”
The arrest of more than 100 protesters on the first day of the uprising in Mashhad and the arrest of over 70 people in Jahrom in an attack on their homes at dawn on Dec. 31 are among other published reports on widespread arrests in recent days.
Judiciary Chief Orders Crackdown
Fearing the escalating nationwide anti-regime protests, the head of the Iranian regime’s Judiciary, Sadegh Amoli Larijani, said: “I ask all prosecutors across the country to get involved …. And their approach must be firm.” He urged the regime’s repressive law enforcement institutions and judicial authorities to deal with the “rioters.”
His comments come at the time that the people of Iran are determined to continue their uprising up to victory.
So far, more than 1,000 demonstrators have been arrested and at least 30 have been killed.
Urgent call by the Iranian Resistance
The Iranian National Council of Resistance of Iran has called “on the UN Security Council, the European Union, the United States, International Community, and international human rights bodies to take effective measures to prevent the massive crackdown on demonstrators and the quick release of detainees.”
