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Iran' s city of Zahedan sees new protests amid deadly crackdown

10/22/2022 7:35:00 PM

Students protest against the government throughout Iran as the southeastern city of Zahedan faces new destruction from violent police crackdown

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Students protest against the government throughout Iran as the southeastern city of Zahedan faces new destruction from violent police crackdown Protests continue in Iran across several universities in Tehran and a few other cities following a violent crackdown on protests in Zahedan on Friday. A southeastern city in Iran that was the scene of a bloody crackdown last month awoke to new destruction on Saturday, state TV showed after tensions erupted the day before.In Zahedan, protests after Friday prayers left the city battered. Shops gaped open to the street, their windows smashed. Sidewalks were littered with broken glass. ATMs were damaged.  Iran’s deputy interior minister for security, Majid Mirahmadi, told the state-run IRNA news agency the unrest in Zahedan had subsided on Saturday.Witnesses said antigovernment protests erupted at several universities in Tehran amid heavy security on Saturday, the latest unrest in the nationwide movement first sparked by the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, 22, in the custody of the country’s morality police. Read more:
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Nada Rudan is most relaxed when painting, a skill she discovered at the age of 87 and culminating this summer in an exhibition of her artwork - to mark her 100th birthday. Read more >> ‘It’s Like a War’: On the Ground at the Iran Protests'It’s a new level of evil. They have no mercy this time and they are fighting with everything they have.' 'What's Happening in Iran is Not a Local Story': Meet Filmmaker Mahyad TousiWe spoke with the conflict zone documentarian MahyadT about his debut film 'Remote,' growing up during a revolution, and why the entire cast of his film had to be women. rezaaslan MahyadT Reza Aslan + NIAC are guilty of crimes against humanity, being MAIN HELPERS of THE ISLAMIC REGIME in USA! for years he+NIAC tried to silence Iranians by using your influence in US-MEDIA to overtone the voice of those of who had no connection to Media! rezaaslan is NOT TO TRUST! rezaaslan MahyadT He's been a NIAC member for years and years. A lobbyist group for the Islamic tyranny. He's the most untrusted and dangerous source of info on Iran. A psychopath and a liar who portrays himself as an enlightened savior. You were warned! MahsaAmini IranRevolution2022 Iran Is Training Russian Drone Pilots in Crimea to Aid Moscow’s War Effort, U.S. Says Iran ian personnel have been training Russian pilots in Crimea to use Iran ian-made drones, the U.S. said, in the first official accusation of Iran ’s direct involvement in the war Western state run propaganda How is that a “direct involvement” you degenerates Send these drones back to Teheran and Moscow U.S. accuses Iran of selling drones to Russia in violation of U.N. banA 2015 U.N. Security Council resolution bans the sale of drones capable of traveling more than 300 kilometers. Putin buying Iranian drones? Tell us that Russia is not a 'superpower.' A hall of mirrors. No real military might. He has been undone by greedy oligarchs, losing his support, men fleeing to avoid being cannon fodder. Just a matter of time... Keep them under tabs for anything they do against our agreements Угоди, здійснені в тіні, приносять всім розорення. White House says Iran sent personnel to Crimea to train Russians to use drones CNN PoliticsThe White House says Iran ian military personnel have visited Crimea to assist with Russian operations targeting civilian infrastructure in Ukraine using drones. No Russian weapons being used in Ukraine are targeting civilians. Only Ukraine uses artillery to strike civilian areas. Civilians are being evacuated from Kherson due to possible attacks from Ukraine. Civilian infrastructure... the same kind of infrastructure that US indiscriminately destroyed in the first 24 hour of illegal iraq invasion? Throwing iraq back to the stone age? why? one can look that shizz up on youtube and google maps The E.U. and U.K. place sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with drones.The European Union imposed a fresh round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Thursday, this time over providing drones that Russia has used to strike battlefields and civilian targets in Ukraine. The EU should impose sanctions on itself for failing its people in the coming winter months. Students gathered to chant against the government at universities across the city (AP) A southeastern city in Iran that was the scene of a bloody crackdown last month awoke to new destruction on Saturday, state TV showed after tensions erupted the day before..“What’s Happening in Iran is Not a Local Story”: Meet Filmmaker Mahyad Tousi By October 21, 2022 Photo courtesy of Samuel Campbell At a Tehran birthday party in the early aughts, a woman turned to Mahyad Tousi, then a conflict zone documentarian, and asked him how it felt to have a job contributing to the cesspool of media that exists in the world.U. In Zahedan, protests after Friday prayers left the city battered. Shops gaped open to the street, their windows smashed. To understand more about what it’s like to be a young woman in Iran right now, Teen Vogue spoke to Neda, a 28-year-old woman who lives in Tehran. Sidewalks were littered with broken glass. From working as an executive producer for the CBS sitcom, United States of Al , to co-founding a production studio to elevate Middle Eastern stories, Tousi tries to keep a purpose in mind. ATMs were damaged. Editor’s note: Teen Vogue provided questions to Neda’s English and Farsi-speaking cousin.  Iran’s deputy interior minister for security, Majid Mirahmadi, told the state-run IRNA news agency the unrest in Zahedan had subsided on Saturday. Witnesses said antigovernment protests erupted at several universities in Tehran amid heavy security on Saturday, the latest unrest in the nationwide movement first sparked by the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini, 22, in the custody of the country’s morality police.S. Tousi spoke with us about growing up during a revolution, why more people should be paying attention to the current movement in Iran, and why the film had to be about six women. Riot police and members of the Basij militia, armed with batons, were out in force near Tehran University and at major intersections in the capital. The Basij was created as a paramilitary volunteer militia by the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1979. This conversation has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Students gathered to chant against the government at universities across the city, according to witnesses who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. TOUSI: Where are you? VON OLDERSHAUSEN: I’m in New York, in Queens. READ MORE: EU sanctions Iran morality police, minister over Mahsa Amini's death Similar demonstrations took place on Saturday in the cities of Tabriz, Shiraz, Yazd and Mashhad, according to videos on social media. It’s a new level of evil.   At Yazd University of Art and Architecture in the central city, footage purportedly showed students chanting around a red-dyed pool to protest the authorities’ bloody crackdown. A teachers’ union in Iran also called for a nationwide strike on Sunday and Monday in protest over the deaths and detention of students in the country, according to the association’s statement on Telegram. They’re beating everyone with batons on the streets . But I have a place in Brooklyn, which is where I’ve been for… God. Iranian officials have repeatedly blamed the protests on foreign interference, without offering evidence.  On Saturday, Iran’s deputy judiciary chief, Kazem Gharibabadi, vowed Iran would file a case in Tehran court against the United States government and London-based Farsi language media outlets over their alleged role in fomenting unrest. I feel like they feel threatened this time, so they’re pulling any savage tricks they can. The Islamic Republic on Saturday also accused the United States of seeking to gain concessions in nuclear talks aimed at restoring the 2015 agreement, by supporting the protests. And then before that I was in Miami and then D. Source: AP . It’s ruthless.