A new hrw report documents lethal repression by Iranian government forces against protesters 'in largely peaceful and often crowded settings, altogether killing and injuring hundreds.'
Notably, HRW's research"did not include the deadly crackdown by security forces in Zahedan on September 30, nor subsequent attacks against protesters, including on Sharif University Campus in Tehran on October 2."
The statement noted that"Iranian authorities are particularly targeting civil society members, women human rights defenders, and those working on the rights of women and girls on the frontlines, including activists working on ethnic minority rights." in protest against the physical assault and detention in Sanandaj Correctional Center" since September 21.for the 19th straight day in Iran on Wednesday as government forces were dispatched to universities in several cities to quell protests. Video shared on social media showed high school girls in the capital Tehran removing their headscarves and chanting"death to Khamenei," a reference to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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