November 4, 2022
Shiite cleric Sayad Shahraki has been shot dead by a group of
armed men in the eastern Iranian city of Zahedan, one of the epicenters of the
protests against the Iranian authorities that erupted almost two months ago
over the death in custody of young Mahsa Amini, who was initially arrested for
wearing the veil incorrectly.
The death of the cleric and imam of the Mulay Motaqian mosque was confirmed by the police chief of the province of Sistan and Baluchistan, of which Zahedan is the capital, Sardar Ahmad Taheri, who explained that the cleric was assaulted by a group of men in a vehicle.
Shahraki, one of the main representatives of the Shiite community in a mainly Sunni and Baloch city, was shot in the head and chest. His assailants fled and the medical services could do nothing to save his life, according to the chief of police in statements reported by the Iranian reformist news portal Entejab.
Zahedan was the scene of a violent crackdown on September 30 in which security forces killed 92 people, including 12 children, according to civil organizations. Protests in the city began first over the June rape of a Baloch girl by a police officer and later spilled over into the death of Amini on September 16.
Four members of the security forces were also killed on September 30, known as Zahedan's Black Friday, which led to the immediate dismissal of its security officials for excessive force against protesters.
On the other hand, new disturbances in the country have claimed the lives of two people, identified by the official news agency IRNA as "mobilizers" of rallies in favor of the security forces.
The first of them died in an attack carried out by "armed rioters" in the town of Alborz, west of Tehran.
According to IRNA, these "rioters" opened fire in this town on a group of Iranian security forces, of whom a dozen were wounded. The second "mobilizer" was killed in an assault also carried out by these "rioters" in the city of Lahijan in the province of Gilan, in the north of the country.
Journalist arrested in Iran after interviewing Mahsa Amini’s
father
November 4, 2022
Iranian security forces detained journalist Nazila Marufian on Friday after she conducted an interview with the father of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died after being arrested by police for violating the Islamic dress code, a case that has sparked numerous anti-government protests across the country.
Marufian, who comes from the province of Kurdistan, like Amini, was arrested at her home and transferred to Evin prison in Tehran, the Iranian capital, according to information from the Norwegian NGO Hengaw.
The article with the interview with Amini's father, Amjad, was published on October 19 on the Mostaghel website. "I have no intention of committing suicide and I do not suffer from any serious illness," he said at the time in an attempt to clear up any doubts in case she was later found dead.
However, the website has since withdrawn the text, although the content contained statements by Amjad in which he assured that Amini had no medical problems and accused the authorities of lying.
Amini's death has provoked strong riots and protests throughout the country since September 16. The young woman had been detained by police and was allegedly tortured and beaten. Although she was taken to a hospital after falling into a coma, she died two days later.
The scale of the protests, described as riots by the Iranian authorities, are unprecedented in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. According to the NGO, two other journalists who helped publicize Amini's case are also imprisoned in Evin.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has indicated that 54 of them have been detained since the protests began, although only a dozen have been released.
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