Activists in Iran Fear Deadly Crackdowns As Gunfire Erupts

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Activists in Iran Fear Deadly Crackdowns As Cities in Kurdish Regions Erupt in Gunfire

By Margaret Flavin

Published November 22, 2022 at 10:30am


Activists fear an alarming increase in Iranian forces cracking down on activists across Kurdish regions in Iran.



Electricity was cut in the Kurdish town of Mahabad in western Iran over the weekend and the streets erupted in gunfire. Human Rights groups allege that Iranian forces were firing on civilian protesters under the cover of darkness.







The Times of Israel reports:



Activists on Sunday expressed alarm that Iran was implementing a major crackdown in a Kurdish-populated town that has seen intense anti-regime protests in the last few days.



Reinforcements of the security forces were sent to the city of Mahabad in western Iran, rights groups said, while images and audio files of heavy gunfire and screams were posted overnight.


Iran’s clerical leadership has been shaken by more than two months of protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year old woman of Kurdish origin who had been arrested by the Tehran morality police.



The very first protests took place in Kurdish-populated areas of Iran including at Amini’s funeral in her home town of Saqez, before spreading nationwide.



Rights groups had earlier posted footage of defiant protests in Mahabad, including after the funerals of victims of the state’s crackdown on the protests, with people staging sit-ins in the streets and setting up barricades.

The Gateway Pundit has reported on the massive the protests occurring in Iran in response to Mahsa Amini’s death from injuries sustained after her arrest for the “improper” wearing of a hijab. The first protests came from Kurdish-populated areas of Iran following Amini’s death.

The regime’s brutality spread to additional areas including Javanroud, where protests were held in support of the Mahabad region.

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Iranian Students Allegedly Poisoned Ahead of Mass Anti-Regime Protest

By Margaret Flavin

Published December 6, 2022 at 11:00am


Since the brutal murder of 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini from injuries sustained at the hands of regime thugs after her arrest for the “improper” wearing of a hijab, Iran has been engulfed in massive protests against the brutal regime.



Now, over a thousand Iranian students have allegedly been poisoned ahead of a massive anti-regime national protest. Officials are claiming the students are suffering from a massive “virus” outbreak, but students are not buying the party line.



A post to Telegram from the Trade Union Councils of Students of the Country reads:



According to the reports, the students of Arak University of Technology have suffered from food poisoning since yesterday due to eating Salaf’s food and have symptoms such as body pain, diarrhea and vomiting. The severity of the condition of the students has sent them to the hospital.



University officials have claimed that the reason for the condition of the students is some kind of virus, but this claim is false based on the recent experience observed in Isfahan University of Technology.


The New York Post reports:



A group of 1,200 university students in Iran were struck down by food poisoning the night before a wave of anti-regime protests were set to be held throughout the country.



Students at Kharazmi and Ark universities experienced vomiting, severe body aches and hallucinations, the national student union claimed Thursday.



At least four other universities reported similar outbreaks. Uninfected students are reportedly boycotting the cafeterias in response.



While officials are citing water-borne bacteria as the cause of the troubling symptoms, the student union posited that the population was intentionally poisoned.



“Our past experiences of similar incidents at the Isfahan university negates the authorities’ reason for this mass food poisoning,” the group wrote on Telegram.



Students reportedly protested the attack by dumping their food on the ground.







“The video received by Iran International shows that the students of Isfahan University of Technology put their food dishes on the ground on Saturday, December 5, in protest of the poisoning of a large number of students with dormitory food.”


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