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Iran's authorities detain activists ahead of September 16 anniversary of death of 21-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody, sparking nationwide protests.
"The arbitrary arrests of a dozen activists are aimed at suppressing popular discontent with ongoing impunity and rights violations."
As the 2022 Iran protests anniversary nears, the regime's security forces have begun widespread arrests of women, political, and social activists nationwide.
Click to expand Image Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran,October1,2022. 2022 AP Photo/Middle East Images (Beirut) - Iranian authorities have arrested at least a dozen activists and increased pressure on a wide range of peaceful dissidents ahead of the anniversary of the nationwide protests that swept the country in 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities brutally cracked down on the antigovernment protests that erupted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini in the custody of the abusive morali...
At least 13 activists and relatives of Iranians killed or arrested during the last year's protests have been arrested in recent weeks.