150 killed in Iranian protests against government
Tehran … News Time
Security forces have killed at least 150 people so far during protests against the rise in petrol prices in Iran last Friday. According to the website of Iran International, Iranian intelligence forces on Wednesday shifted the bodies of 36 protesters from the “social insurance” hospital in the capital, Tehran, to use meat delivery vehicles. According to sources, the number of deaths in various hospitals in Iran is 118. In addition, the Ministry of Intelligence has asked each family to pay for the 40 million Iranian Toman slaughter victims. Apart from this, the government is also dealing with the issue of burial of the dead. Funeral announcements and talking to the media have also been banned. Amnesty International announced Tuesday that “credible information” has been received that more than 100 protesters have been killed across Iran. According to reports, at least 106 protesters were killed in 21 cities. According to Amnesty, the actual number of casualties has not been revealed during recent anti-government protests in Iran, but it is feared that the death toll could rise to 200.
On the other hand, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has claimed that the country has been repulsed by the enemy in recent times, but has not directly named the defeated enemy. Iranian leader Ali has announced his victory in a broadcast speech on Tuesday night in the face of recent public protests against rising petrol prices in the country. They said: We have repulsed the enemy on the military front and in the political battle also pushed the enemy back. He added that we have also overtaken the enemy in the security battle. The recent unrest in the country was not the result of any backlash.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismisses protests against Iranian citizens’ rise in petrol prices and said that recent actions were not from the public but was security issues. They once again repeated their phrase that we have repelled the enemy. The Iranian government last Friday raised petrol prices by 50 to 200 percent. Iranians started protesting against it, and violent protests took place in more than 50 cities in the country, but the Iranian government shut down the Internet to stop the protests. However, Iranian state television first broadcast footage of masked youths during these protests, who were seen burning government offices or shaking hands with security forces. Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has also said of the protests in the country that the demonstration was an enemy conspiracy that has been foiled.
