This is why we are out on the streets these days. “Women have been facing such abuses every day from the regime forces. Women no longer want to live under the regime of suppression.
“The more brutality we witness, the more we will come out. “They are doing it intentionally, so women stop coming out, but they will not succeed,” she said.
More than 200 people, including 23 children, have been killed, according to the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights.Īnother protester from the central city of Karaj said the footage was “disgusting” and she could not watch it again. The security forces have used brutal force and live ammunition on protesters, and have flooded Tehran and western Kurdish towns with riot police. They have told us lots of sexual abusive things over the past few weeks.”įive weeks into the anti-government protests across Iran, authorities seem concerned by the scale and determination of the uprising, and increasingly ruthless in their attempts to crush it. “They once told me: ‘You’re a whore’ because I was chanting for freedom of how I want to appear on the streets. Riot police had used sexually abusive words to try to disperse the female protesters, she said. “It is one of many on a daily basis here. She said she was not shocked by the footage. “They grabbed my friend from her neck and pushed her to a police car a few nights ago.” They would not acknowledge that but I have seen lots of such scenes on the streets. Iran has been experiencing its largest anti-government protests in years after Mahsa Amini, 22, died while in the custody of the morality police.Ī female protester from Tehran said the alleged behaviour of the officers on Wednesday was “very normal for riot police.
The police did not give details of what happened to the officer but said that “enemies using psychological warfare tried to cause public anxiety and incite violence”. Officials claimed the woman, who managed to escape after passing motorists started honking their horns at the police, was “encouraging riots”.
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