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According to Arab News, the Kurdish-populated western and northwestern provinces of Iran have played a central role in the ongoing protests over Mahsa Amini's death. In recent days, there have been violent anti-government demonstrations, particularly in these provinces.
Norwegian human rights organization Hengo said Iranian security forces fired on demonstrators in the cities of Piran, Marivan and Javanrud, and videos of it were also posted online.
According to the organization, 13 people were killed by shots fired by security forces in the western and northwestern provinces in the past 24 hours, of whom seven are residents of Jawanrud, four from the city of Piran and two other areas. Also among the dead is a 16-year-old youth, Karwan Ghadar Shukri.
Security forces opened fire as the young man's body was being carried in a crowd to the mosque, killing one person.
The human rights organization Amnesty International said the death penalty is a tool used by the Iranian government to intimidate citizens into joining the protest movement.
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More than 300 people have been killed in nationwide protests in Iran. (Image source: Reuters) |
The organization strongly condemned the death penalty, saying the strategy instilled fear among the people and was used as a tool of political repression.
On Saturday, the Iranian Human Rights Organization said security forces had killed 378 people, including 47 children, in a crackdown on protests in favor of Mahsa Amini.
It should be noted that the Iranian government has accused Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in northern Iraq of inciting nationwide protests.
On Monday, Iran launched fresh rocket attacks on Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq, killing a member of the Kurdish Peshmerga security forces. The United States strongly condemned the attack, calling it "unlawful."
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