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Analyst: "Iron fist" cannot quell protests in Iran

2022-10-12 19:54:47Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA ASSOCIATED PRESS
Analyst: "Iron fist" cannot quell protests in Iran
Protests in Iran

Iran has escalated its crackdown on protests in Kurdish areas in the west of the country, which began over the death of a 22-year-old girl who was arrested by the morality police. Iran's supreme leader called the anti-government protests "dispersed and staged by the enemy." But analyst Ali Vaez, familiar with political developments in Iran, says that anger in the country has grown due to corruption and the economic situation.

Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on protesters as thousands have taken to the streets since the death of a 22-year-old girl in custody while being arrested by morality police. According to the activists, the workers of an oil refinery also protested.

Police opened fire in a neighborhood in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran's Kurdistan province, as human rights organization Amnesty International and the White House national security adviser criticized the violence against demonstrators angered by the death of Mahsa Amin.

"There is so much anger and frustration in the country that it is hard to imagine that the protests in Iran will be quelled just by the system using its traditional iron fist, which is trying to quell the protests," said Ali Vaez, an analyst who covers Iran for the International Crisis Group, in Brussels.

According to him, the government is responsible for starting these protests and the real cause, he says, is the high level of corruption in the country and the closing of the political space.

"I think this moment is the result of the mistakes of the Islamic Republic. In fact, the Islamic Republic and its leadership are the cause of this movement simply because they pushed society to its limits. The Iranian people have suffered economic decline as a result of mismanagement, corruption and sanctions over the past decade, their quality of life is deteriorating day by day. Also, in social and cultural terms, the system has increased the pressure on society. They were violating the rights of minorities in ways we had not seen. And recently, they were closing the political space", says the political analyst.

Iran's supreme leader called the anti-government protests "dispersed and staged by the enemy."

Iran's government insists 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was not abused, but her family says she was left with bruises and other beatings after she was arrested for violating the Islamic republic's strict dress code.

Other videos show security forces beating and pushing women protesters, including women who have removed the mandatory headscarf, the hijab. The 22-year-old Amini was Kurdish and her death was felt particularly in the Kurdish region of Iran, where demonstrations began on September 17 at her funeral.


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