URGENT: Iran Human Rights Calls on International Community to Stop Bloody Crackdown of Isfahan Protests

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); November 26, 2021: Peaceful protests against the government’s mismanagement of the water crisis in Isfahan have been met with a bloody violent crackdown since early this morning.

Stressing the Islamic Republic’s history of bloody repressions against protesters, Iran Human Rights expresses grave concern and urges the international community to immediately respond to stop the state repression and killing of defenceless civilians. Recalling that the Islamic Republic cut the internet during the November 2019 nationwide protests before massacring at least 1500 protesters on the streets and arresting and torturing thousands more, Iran Human Rights warns of the internet being cut off again to conceal evidence of the current human rights breaches being committed in Isfahan.

“The United Nations, European Union and every democratic member state with diplomatic and economic relations with Iran must defend the Iranian people’s right to protest and use every available channel to stop the Islamic Republic’s bloody repression. The police and security forces should remember that shooting at protesters with live ammunition is an international crime and its perpetrators will be held accountable,” said Iran Human Rights Director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam.