A Foreign Ministry (MOFA) official called on the Iranian government to end the crackdown on the protests, which began after the death of an Iranian woman in custody following her arrest, and to respond definitively to her people’s call for more rights for women.
MOFA has been tracking the protests in Iran, which were triggered by the death of a 22-year-old woman after she was arrested by police, Anthony Ho (賀忠義), head of MOFA’s Africa and West Asia Affairs Department, told a ministry press conference. conference. Account.
He also suggested the Iranian government treat protesters brutally.
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Nationwide protests erupted in Iran after Mahsa Amini died in custody in September after allegedly being beaten by morality police, following her arrest for completely covering her face with a hijab in accordance with the Islamic Republic’s mandatory hijab policy.
Iran’s Mizan newspaper reported that a protester who allegedly killed two members of the security forces hung himself from a structure crane in public through the Iranian government, a move that prompted a warning from Amnesty International.
Fictitious evidence
“The Iranian government has sentenced at least 21 others to death in mock trials before revolutionary courts designed to further suppress the popular uprising that has rocked Iran since September 2022 and sow concern among the public,” Amnesty International wrote on its website.
More than 10,000 protesters were arrested, while about 500 were killed by government security forces, Ho said.