Iranwire – A second female victim of a deadly crackdown by Iranian security forces on protesters in the eastern city of Zahedan has been identified.
On September 30 in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Baluchistan Province, security forces killed 92 people, including 12 children, after firing live ammunition, metal pellets and teargas at protesters, bystanders and worshippers, according to IranWire sources. Four security forces were also killed that day.
The incident, dubbed Zahedan’s Black Friday, is the deadliest in the ongoing nationwide protest movement that kicked off in the middle of September.
Haalvash news agency, which covers news in Sistan and Baluchistan, reported that 88-year-old Zuleikha Tarzi died in Zahedan on September 30 after inhaling teargas fired by military forces.
It said Tarzi was an Afghan citizen who had been living in Zahedan with a residence permit for years.
The family was reportedly threatened by the security agencies that their residence permit would not be renewed if her killing emerged in the media.
Hesti Narovei, a seven-year-old Baluch girl, was previously identified as a victim of the massacre.