Iran News in Brief – September 17, 2022

Sedighe Shahrokhi

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UPDATE: 6:00 PM CEST

Iranians in Diaspora Rally to Call for Justice for Mahsa Amini and All Iranians

Today, September 17, Iranians and supporters of the Iranian Resistance in different countries of Europe, took to the streets to protest the Iranian regime’s atrocities and cried for justice and freedom in their home country.

Reports from Cologne, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Stockholm, and Oslo suggest that protesters carried photos and posters of the regime’s latest victim of misogyny while trying to be the voice of their fellow countrymen and women back home. They called on Western governments to stop appeasing Tehran and opt for a firm policy and true change.

UPDATE: 12:00 PM CEST

Public Protest in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province

Following a funeral in the presence of security forces, the people of Saqqez continued their protest and marched toward the city’s governate, chanting “Shame, shame!” and “I will kill those who killed my sister!”

Local reports indicate that Mahsa’s family was forced by security forces to bury the body earlier than announced, preventing them to unmount the body from the ambulance. But the family insistingly resisted and expressed their determination to conduct the funeral at 10 am, as promised to the people.

The victim’s father has been reported to have attended the ceremony in an unstable condition.

People across Iran are now calling for dismantling and eliminating the morality police.

UPDATE: 10:30 AM CEST

“Death to the Dictator”, People Chant at Mahsa Amini’s Funeral

The announcement of Mahsa Amini’s death, the 22 years-young Kurdish girl who was attacked, arrested, and beaten by the so-called morality police in Tehran, triggered a nationwide outrage with trembles on the international stage. State officials told the victim’s family that she must be buried as soon as possible, and the body was moved to western Saqqez city in Kurdistan province that very day.

Despite all warnings and albeit a burial early in the morning, the ceremony was largely attended and the event turned political. Video posted on social media shows a crowd of locals chanting “Death to the dictator” and “Shame on our brutish leader”!

September 17 – Saqqez, western #Iran
Locals preparing for the funeral of #MahsaAmini, a young woman killed by the regime's "morality police", are seen chanting "Death to the dictator!" in reference to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/3BDDY0PZTS

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 17, 2022

Call for Public Mourning After the Brutal Murder of the Innocent Kurdish Girl, Mahsa Amini

“I extend my deepest sympathies to the family of Mahsa Amini.

“The misogynistic Guidance Patrol must be disbanded.

“I call on the courageous women of Iran to protest nationwide against the mullahs’ evil and misogynous regime.

“The resistant and resilient women of Iran will stand up to the tyranny and oppression of the mullahs and the IRGC and defeat them. Iranian people and women will fight back with all their might.”

Iranian Resistance Conference Draws Attention to Tehran’s Terrorist Threats

In a conference held in Brussels on September 16, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) revealed a new book that brings to light the details of a foiled bombing plot by the Iranian regime that has become the center of a global dispute. The conference, which featured speeches from politicians who could have been victims of the terrorist attack, discussed the terrorist threat posed by the Iranian regime and the right policy that Europe should adopt toward Tehran.

Building Walls Around Khavaran Cemetery Will Not Stop Justice

Amnesty International (AI) announced on September 13, 2022, that in recent months the Iranian authorities have erected 2-meter-high concrete walls around the Khavaran cemetery. The Khavaran cemetery is where, according to eyewitnesses, lay mass graves of several hundred political dissidents. They were associated with the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (PMOI/MEK), executed in secret in 1988.

AI has told states engaged at the UN Human Rights Council to call on the Iranian authorities to stop concealing the mass graves of victims of the 1988 “prison massacres” and immediately open an international investigation into the extrajudicial execution and enforced disappearance of thousands of dissidents amounting to ongoing crimes against humanity.

New York: Week-Long Protests Against Ebrahim Raisi by Freedom-Loving Iranians and MEK Supporters in Front of the UN Headquarters

New York, September 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) in Front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York. They Called on the U.S. Government, Not to Grant a Visa to Ebrahim Raisi!

Vienna, September 15, 2022: Freedom-Loving Iranians, and MEK Supporters, Protested the Appeasement Policy Toward Iran’s Regime

September 15, 2022: For the fourth day, at the same time as the Board of Governors of the IAEA meeting, freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a protest rally in Vienna.

Iranian Resistance supporters’ rally was against the appeasement policy and concessions to the mullahs’ regime.

Also, read Iran News in Brief – September 16, 2022