According to eyewitnesses, the Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters today, Sunday, in the city of “Marifan” in the “Kurdistan” region of northwest Iran, using live bullets and tear gas.
On Saturday, the protesters demonstrated against the assassination of a Kurdish student in the city. According to reports, they targeted the city’s parliamentary offices.
Numerous protesters were hurt, and he fears further deaths, according to the Henage Rights Organization, which monitors the situation of the Iranian Kurdish people from Norway. The reports have not been formally verified.
The organization stated that the student was killed after her participation in the protests and the Iranian media denied reports, saying that the security forces moved, after the killing of youth, during the demonstrations.
The two protests came after official media reported that four policemen were killed in the “Sistan and Baluchistan” region in southeastern Iran.
In the region, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, there have been violent skirmishes between protesters and security personnel in recent weeks.
Iran’s northwest and southeast are both violent.
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