DUBAI: Iran’s religious authorities are opposing the anniversary of the death of a young woman in police custody, fearing a revival of international protests that have rocked the Islamic Republic for months.
Journalists, lawyers, human rights activists, human rights activists and students have been arrested, summoned or otherwise confronted in a campaign that one activist described as “causing fear and intimidation”.
In February, Iran’s judiciary announced a major amnesty, which includes the release, pardon, or reduced sentences of those arrested, charged, or imprisoned in the past.
Iranian Judiciary officials were not immediately available for comment.
However, senior officials have defended new crackdowns if necessary to restore order. But some politicians and insiders say the growing crackdown could exacerbate tensions between the religious leadership and the general public at a time of growing discontent over the economic crisis.
The police on Sunday announced that the moral police will intensify their efforts to fight against women who violate the law of coercion. In a show of civil disobedience, naked women have been seen regularly since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. on September 16 last year.
Amini collapsed and died three days after being arrested by moral police for violating Islamic law.
The incident sparked years of anger over the tightening of political and economic control over the country’s economic crisis, sparking the biggest legal crisis for religious leaders in decades.
Security forces quelled months of unrest in which protesters of all stripes called for the fall of the Islamic Republic and women stripped and burned their heads in anger.
A former Iranian official said the authorities should not ignore what is happening here all this time.
“People are still angry because of Amini’s death and they are saddened because they have to struggle every day to bring food to their table,” said the official who asked not to be identified.
“These wrong choices can have painful consequences for the establishment. People will not suffer much. If it continues, we will see street protests again.”
Social media was flooded with angry comments from Iranians denouncing the return of moral police, who have been missing from the streets since Amini’s death in custody.
Activists said the government had stepped up the crackdown to keep people “off the streets” ahead of the anniversary of Amini’s death.
“The country of the Islamic Republic feels threatened. By sending moral police again, the government is increasing social change,” said Atena Daemi, a human rights activist in Iran.
“People are very angry because of the repression, the violation of rights and the increasing economic problems. All this will lead to the revival of street protests.”
Former president of Iran, reformist religious leader Mohammad Khatamiit condemned such measures as “self-destructive” that would “make people more angry than before,” Iranian media said.
Iran has been hit by the double whammy of continuing US sanctions over its nuclear program and poor governance that offers little comfort to middle- and low-income people facing economic hardships, ranging from 50% inflation to inflation. price, food and housing.
The situation becomes critical in the parliamentary elections that will be held next February, where the Iranian authorities hope that the majority will show their legitimacy even if the results will not change the main principles.
Journalists, lawyers, human rights activists, human rights activists and students have been arrested, summoned or otherwise confronted in a campaign that one activist described as “causing fear and intimidation”.
In February, Iran’s judiciary announced a major amnesty, which includes the release, pardon, or reduced sentences of those arrested, charged, or imprisoned in the past.
Iranian Judiciary officials were not immediately available for comment.
However, senior officials have defended new crackdowns if necessary to restore order. But some politicians and insiders say the growing crackdown could exacerbate tensions between the religious leadership and the general public at a time of growing discontent over the economic crisis.
The police on Sunday announced that the moral police will intensify their efforts to fight against women who violate the law of coercion. In a show of civil disobedience, naked women have been seen regularly since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. on September 16 last year.
Amini collapsed and died three days after being arrested by moral police for violating Islamic law.
The incident sparked years of anger over the tightening of political and economic control over the country’s economic crisis, sparking the biggest legal crisis for religious leaders in decades.
Security forces quelled months of unrest in which protesters of all stripes called for the fall of the Islamic Republic and women stripped and burned their heads in anger.
A former Iranian official said the authorities should not ignore what is happening here all this time.
“People are still angry because of Amini’s death and they are saddened because they have to struggle every day to bring food to their table,” said the official who asked not to be identified.
“These wrong choices can have painful consequences for the establishment. People will not suffer much. If it continues, we will see street protests again.”
Social media was flooded with angry comments from Iranians denouncing the return of moral police, who have been missing from the streets since Amini’s death in custody.
Activists said the government had stepped up the crackdown to keep people “off the streets” ahead of the anniversary of Amini’s death.
“The country of the Islamic Republic feels threatened. By sending moral police again, the government is increasing social change,” said Atena Daemi, a human rights activist in Iran.
“People are very angry because of the repression, the violation of rights and the increasing economic problems. All this will lead to the revival of street protests.”
Former president of Iran, reformist religious leader Mohammad Khatamiit condemned such measures as “self-destructive” that would “make people more angry than before,” Iranian media said.
Iran has been hit by the double whammy of continuing US sanctions over its nuclear program and poor governance that offers little comfort to middle- and low-income people facing economic hardships, ranging from 50% inflation to inflation. price, food and housing.
The situation becomes critical in the parliamentary elections that will be held next February, where the Iranian authorities hope that the majority will show their legitimacy even if the results will not change the main principles.