The head of the Iranian ideological army calls for the end of the protest movement born after the death in detention of Masha Amini, a little more than a month ago.
Le Monde with AFP and Reuters
The leader of the revolution guards, the ideological army of Iran, General Hossein Salami, called, on Saturday October 29, “a limited number of young deceived” by the enemy to put an end to the “riots “, Allusion to the demonstrations triggered in the country since the death of Mahsa Amini.
“Today is the end of the riots, do not go down the streets,” he said, accusing Saudi leaders of having fueled them. “We say to Al Saoud (the royal family in Saudi Arabia) and the media under their control (…) to be careful. You who cause people and sow sedition seeds by showing images, think a little about that Who could happen to you, “said Hossein Salami.
He also called the students “not to become the play of enemy’s chess game” because “no one will allow to provoke riots in Iran”.
These declarations took place during the funeral of the victims of the Chiraz attack, perpetrated in the mausoleum of Shahcheragh, the main Shiite Muslim sanctuary in southern Iran. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group, and killed at least fifteen people. During the funeral, the crowd chanted slogans against the “riots”.
at least 250 demonstrators killed since the start of the movement
Thursday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi had seemed to establish, a link between Chiraz’s attack, among the deadliest in recent years in the country, and the demonstrations that have followed the death of the young woman, September 16. She had been arrested a few days earlier for wearing a veil deemed not regulatory.
The protest movement, which has extended to all strata of Iranian society, is considered to be one of the most important challenges launched in the theocratic power of Tehran since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. According to associations of defense Human rights, at least 250 demonstrators were killed and several thousands of other orders across the country.
Friday, images broadcast on social networks showed demonstrators calling for the death of Ayatollah Ali Khameneï, the supreme guide of the Revolution, and that of the members of the Bassidji militia, a paramilitary organization formed of volunteers who played an important role in the repression of manifestations.