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Clashes in Iran, protests in Ahwaz for fifth day running |
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Saturday, 30 July 2005 |
 Young people in Shelang-abad and Kian-pars regions of Ahwaz, capital of
the southwestern province of Khuzistan, staged protests and clashed
with the State Security Forces (SSF) for the fifth day running Thursday.
Chanting antigovernment slogans, the protesters resisted the SSF's
brutal onslaught. Several people were injured and a large number of
others arrested.
To prevent residents in other cities from joining the protest in Ahwaz,
the clerical regime blocked entrances to the city from Abadan, Masjid
Soleiman and Shush. It also set up checkpoints in the city's main
thoroughfares.
So extensive are the dimensions of popular uprisings in Ahwaz and other
cities in the province that Majlis deputy Hamid Zanganah warned about
the state of the province's explosive state. He said that in the past
year, there had been a clash or a demonstration in the province every
45 days.
In April, Ahwaz and other cities were the scenes of demonstrations and
widespread clashes between the people and the suppressive forces. At
least 62 were shot and killed by the SSF and more than 1,000 arrested.
The regime murdered a number of the detainees after brutal tortures.
The bodies of some of the victims were found by fishermen in Karoun
River.
The Iranian Resistance condemns the violent crackdown on the people of
Khuzistan and again calls on the international community to take urgent
action to stop the severe and persistent violations of human rights in
Iran.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 30, 2005 |
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