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...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...(KDPI) and leftist Komala party are responsible for the unrest in the Kurdish areas which have become the main engine of the protest across Iran. IRGC has even threatened to launch a ground offensive against the opposition groups in the Kurdistan Region.
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The watchdog said that the number of maimed and arrested people is high and there is no information about where some of the detainees have been held. At least one protester was killed under torture in Sanandaj on Friday, Hengaw Human Rights Organisation said. The killing of the 25 Kurds in three days of unrest raises the total number of Kurdish citizens killed in the four main provinces in west of the country to 83 people. The number of protesters killed across the country as of Friday evening stood at 402, including 58 children and teenagers, according to tally provided by US based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) .
"The intelligence services have exerted enormous pressure on the families and threatened them in order to hand back the bodies of the dear departed and allow them to hold funerals," KHRN said.
The official newspaper of the government, Iran Newspaper, said that 14 members of the security forces were killed ruing the three days of unrest.
Amongst the 25 killed was 17 year old boy Danial Pabanadi, who was killed on Wednesday in Saqez city, the birthplace of Mahsa Amini, whose killing by the morality police on September 16 sparked the protest across the country.
Six of the 25 protesters were killed on Thursday evening and the early hours of Friday morning in the town of Bukan. The IRGC and plain clothes agents attacked a funeral of a notable personality of the Yarsan religious group in the city of Sahneh in Kermansnah province on Friday, using tear gas and beating up many mourners. In the ensuing chaos Colonel Nadir Birami , the intelligence chief of the IRGC in the city, was knifed to death.
The IRGC has responded and has detained dozens of
There were calls on Saturday from hardliners for the security forces to kill more protesters, following the death of the members of the security forces. Iran judiciary officials have said that they would have no mercy on the protesters.
Several protesters have been sentenced to death after being accused of carrying arms or killing members of the security forces. The government crackdown against protesters has come under increasing international scrutiny as the UN Human Rights Council is expected to hold a special session on November 24.
The US and the EU and Canada are placing more sanctions on Iranian officials and entities including several news hounds on Iranian national TV that have been accused of working as interrogators.