Because of the ongoing system-critical protests in Iran, the country’s political leadership has come together for a crisis meeting.
According to the Office of the President, President Ebrahim Raisi, the Speaker of Parliament and the Head of the Judiciary also attended. In a joint press release by the President’s Office on Sunday, they called on the people to preserve national unity and oppose the “hostile conspiracies” of the enemies of the Islamic system.
The daily newspaper Schargh reported on Sunday that two channels of the state broadcaster IRIB had also been hacked. According to Schargh, news broadcasts on two channels were briefly interrupted on Saturday evening and pictures of some of the women who died in the protests were shown. The slogan “Get up and join us” was shown. The group Anonymous, which had already hacked various Iranian authorities in the past few weeks, is said to have been responsible for the hacking again.
Protests continue
According to eyewitnesses, the protests continued on Sunday night. Accordingly, the willingness to use violence increased significantly on both sides. The police are said to have not only used tear gas against the demonstrators, but also shot them with paintball ammunition. The demonstrators reportedly threw Molotov cocktails at the officers and set mobile police stations on fire. A young driver was reportedly shot in the head during a demonstration in the western Iranian city of Sanandaj. The police stated that protesters shot him dead, who in turn blamed the police for the death.
After the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in mid-September, numerous people demonstrated in Iran. The security forces also used violence against demonstrators. According to observers, at least dozens of people have been killed in connection with the protests and many more have been injured.
