31 killed in Iran amid deadly anti-hijab protest crackdown: Report

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At least 31 civilians had been killed in an Iranian safety forces crackdown on protests that erupted over the dying of Mahsa Amini after her arrest via way of means of the morality police, an Oslo-primarily based totally NGO stated Thursday.

“The human beings of Iran have come to the streets to obtain their essential rights and human dignity… and the authorities is responding to their non violent protest with bullets,” Iran Human Rights (IHR) director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam stated in a statement, publishing a toll after six days of protests.

IHR stated it had showed protests taking location in over 30 towns and different city centres, elevating alarm over “mass arrests” of protesters and civil society activists.

Protests first erupted over the weekend withinside the northern province of Kurdistan, from wherein Amini originated, however have now unfold throughout the country.

IHR stated its toll blanketed the deaths of eleven human beings killed Wednesday night time withinside the city of Amol withinside the northern Mazandaran province at the Caspian Sea, and 6 killed in Babol withinside the equal province.

Meanwhile, the essential northeastern town of Tabriz noticed its first dying withinside the protests, IHR stated

“Condemnation and expression of problem via way of means of the worldwide network are now not enough,” Amiry-Moghaddam stated.

Earlier, Kurdish rights institution Hengaw stated 15 human beings were killed in Kurdistan province and different Kurdish-populated regions of the north of Iran, consisting of 8 on Wednesday night time.