After six weeks of statewide protests, thousands of Iranians returned to the streets once more on Friday.
Dissidents said the regime had lost control of the northern Kurdish city of Mahabad, security forces opened fire on protesters in Zahedan in the southeast, and just half of Tehran's infamous Basij paramilitary members showed up to work to enforce the crackdown on demonstrations.
The clashes in Mahabad came as mourners at the funeral of Ismail Mauludi, a 35-year-old protester killed on Wednesday night, took over the governor’s office, the police station, banks, and businesses linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Elsewhere there was fighting near the grave of 16-year-old Nika Shahkarami outside the western city of Khorramabad, where dozens of people marked the end of the traditional 40-day mourning period since she was killed by security forces.
According to rights organizations over a 24-hour period, police and military loyal to the dictatorship killed at least eight individuals in four regions through "unlawful murders."
Dissident groups reported that more than 400 individuals have already perished as a result of the regime's suppression of protests, which started after Mahsa Amin, a 22-year-old from the Kurdistan province, passed away on September 16 while being held by the morality police.
Dissidents said the regime had lost control of the northern Kurdish city of Mahabad, security forces opened fire on protesters in Zahedan in the southeast, and just half of Tehran's infamous Basij paramilitary members showed up to work to enforce the crackdown on demonstrations.
The clashes in Mahabad came as mourners at the funeral of Ismail Mauludi, a 35-year-old protester killed on Wednesday night, took over the governor’s office, the police station, banks, and businesses linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Elsewhere there was fighting near the grave of 16-year-old Nika Shahkarami outside the western city of Khorramabad, where dozens of people marked the end of the traditional 40-day mourning period since she was killed by security forces.
According to rights organizations over a 24-hour period, police and military loyal to the dictatorship killed at least eight individuals in four regions through "unlawful murders."
Dissident groups reported that more than 400 individuals have already perished as a result of the regime's suppression of protests, which started after Mahsa Amin, a 22-year-old from the Kurdistan province, passed away on September 16 while being held by the morality police.
