Massive Crackdown on the Peaceful Demonstrations in Iran
Massive Crackdown on the Peaceful Demonstrations in Iran Wednesday, 17 January 2018 23:35 Print Email Date of report: January 9, 2018 Since December 28, 2017, when the protest against high prices began in Mashhad, northeast of Iran, and then spread throughout the country, at least 50 people were killed, more have been injured and several thousand have been arrested. The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has begun a house-to-house search in many smaller towns, arresting those identified in the protests, terrorizing the people and threatening them not to take part in any protests. There are also reports of IRGC and agents of the Intelligence Ministry approaching former political prisoners, families of members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), who are out of Iran, and anyone suspecting of being active, forcing them to make a written pledge not to take part in protests. The Iranian regime’s officials have acknowledged that a l...