Security forces use deadly force to quell Khuzestan protests amid internet blackout
Iran-HRM - Amnesty International called on the Iranian authorities to immediately stop the killing and arrest of protesters in Khuzestan…
Month: July 2021
Tear gas and bullets fired at locals during water protests in Iran
Iran-HRM - Water protests in Iran extended into an eighth day on July 22, while the state security forces used deadly force to…
Khuzestan: Fears Grow of Massive Carnage as Authorities Repeat Deadly Repression of 2019 Protests
CHRI —With security forces in Iran attacking and killing protesters in Khuzestan Province, the Iranian authorities are once again demonstrating complete…
Watchdog: Internet disrupted in Iran amid water protests
Al-Monitor - The Iranian government cut internet access in the past week during protests in an impoverished province, according to…
Khamenei calls largely Arab province of Iran ‘loyal’ amid protests
Al-Monitor - Iran’s supreme leader praised the people of Khuzestan province Friday in an apparent response to continuing protests in the…
How water has become a flashpoint in the Middle East
Al-Monitor - The disruption of water supply has long been a potential catalyst for conflict or instability in the arid…
Protests in Iran’s Khuzestan continue, spread to neighboring Lorestan
Al-Arabia - Protests sparked by a water crisis in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province continued for an eighth consecutive night on Thursday,…
Iran Protests: Grenade Launchers and Shotguns Used on Protesters
Iranwire - Protests and public unrest over the water crisis in Khuzestan have now run for a full week. On Thursday night,…
Wounded Iranian Protesters Avoiding Hospital for Fear of Arrest
Iranwire - In the past week at least 350 people have been detained in seven Iranian cities during the mass…
Ali Khamenei’s Addled Soundbites on the Water Crisis, Interrogated
Iranwire - "Today, these issues of the climate crisis, the water crisis, the energy crisis, global warming crisis, are raised…