At a time when frequent reports from various Iranian cities indicate this There have been massive protests in recent daysWith the unprecedented courage of the protesters to oppose the repressive machine of the authorities, the commander of the security forces in the city of Rasht in northern Iran admitted the collapse of the elements of this strike force.
Gil Khabar’s website published an interview with General Azizullah Malaki, commander of the police force in Gilan province, who has witnessed massive demonstrations in recent nights, especially in his capital, Rasht.
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Delete the interview from the site page
The interview did not stay long on the “Gil Khabar” website page. The news was quickly canceled due to the danger of its arrival in other provinces, and the morale of the Iranian security forces collapsed, in the face of human waves of protest that broke the barrier of fear and refused to submit to orders. of the authorities.
But activists were on guard as they photographed the page on which the news was published, where Malaki said: There are differences between leaders and soldiers in the mother forces regarding how to deal with the protests, which he described as “riots. . “
He stressed that these differences pushed the protesters in the province, particularly in the capital, Rasht, explaining that “most of the protesters were born in the first decade of the second millennium”, meaning that they have neither witnessed the revolution in Iran nor the Iran-Iraq war.
He also admitted saying: “Had it not been for the dispatch of forces from other provinces, the demonstrators would have taken control of the province.” the security forces “, describing it as the most dangerous.
In addition, various Iranian cities, most notably the capital, Tehran, witnessed the control of the roads by the demonstrators, and there were reports of the withdrawal of the security forces in the city of Ashnoeh in Iranian Kurdistan and the control of the demonstrators of the city streets. .
Shooting directed at the demonstrators
Protesters appear in video clips standing in front of the security forces in some sense without retreating, which prompted the forces to open direct fire on the protesters, and in one of the videos showing direct shootings at protesters in Rasht, the capital of the province of Gilan on the Caspian Sea, spread on social platforms like wildfire. It is said that Both “Al-Arabiya” and “Al-Hadath” were the first in the international media Broadcasting this and other videos, an officer is shown shooting protesters with a rifle.
This isIranian television announced the deaths of 35 people on Thursday, but the opposition speaks of double figures Especially after the widespread protests that broke out on Friday evening and in the early hours of Saturday morning.
According to documented sources, authorities have launched a massive campaign of arrests among civilian and political activists, as well as student and feminist movements, as well as the arrest of hundreds of protesters. Authorities have repeated to position detainees in front of cameras to forcibly extract confessions. from them.
The protests erupted a week ago against the backdrop of the killing of the young Kurdish woman, Gina (Mahsa) Amini, after her arrest for not wearing the full veil, according to government specifications, and a general strike soon began in various city of Kurdistan at the invitation of the Kurdish opposition parties, its capital is Tehran.
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