Sep 26 2022

Rallies staged by the government in Iran on Sunday to show that it still garners support apparently were a failure, with small crowds gathering in some cities.

Early reports show anti-government protests resuming Sunday evening, as demonstrators come out after work, and also use the darkness to their advantage.

A video from the Kurdish city of Sanandaj reported clashes in early evening with security forces and gunshots are heard as smoke rises in some areas.

Protests were also reported from Zahedan, in southeastern Iran, one of the poorer regions with a majority Sunni population, but so far no videos have been published.

At least in one district of Tehran, Narmak, protests were taking place, and students in Tehran university were marching and chanting against the government.

The Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations announced a strike for Monday and Wednesday (Tuesday is a public holiday) in support of the protesters. This is the first major call for a strike, although people on social media have been urging workers at key government economic sectors not to show up for work.

Iran Human Rights (IHR) said Saturday at least 54 protesters had been killed by then. In many cases, handing over the bodies of the victims to their families was made contingent on agreeing to secret burials, IHR reported.

Hacktivists sympathizing with protesters have also been at work targeting the websites of the government and its affiliates including the website of the ministry of foreign affairs and MCI, Iran’s largest mobile network operator, which is an affiliate of the telecommunications company, and zeroed out all phone bills, in retaliation for shutting down their internet services.

We providee updates below in our live coverage on Sunday. Iran International cannot verify the exact time and location of all videos.

Our coverage for Sunday ended at 01:10, early on Monday.

Source » iranintl

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