Iran Police Fire Guns at Subway Station... Also Assault Woman Without Hijab

From November 15, the 3rd anniversary of the 'Bloody November,' protests gradually intensify
Iran Human Rights: "15,000 arrested and over 300 killed in hijab protests"

On the 15th (local time), a shop in Tehran, Iran, closed due to ongoing anti-government protests. Photo by EPA Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyun-joo] Videos showing Iranian police firing guns at a subway station in the capital Tehran and violently beating women who were not wearing their hijabs properly are spreading online.

Recently, the British Guardian released footage showing citizens panicking and rushing toward the exit after Iranian police fired guns on the subway platform, with people tripping over each other in the chaos. The Guardian reported, "Tehran's subway stations and trains have become places where citizens face violence and women are surveilled." Another video filmed through a window outside a subway train captured police officers walking through the train cars and beating women who were not wearing hijabs. AFP news agency confirmed that these videos have not been manipulated.

According to a video released by the anti-government monitoring group '1500tasvir,' on the 15th, dozens of protesters gathered around a bonfire on a street in Tehran, chanting slogans such as "We fight. We will reclaim Iran." The video also showed protesters setting fire to hijabs while shouting, "This year is stained with blood. Khomeini is finished."

Currently, anti-government protests triggered by the suspicious death of Mahsa Amini (22), who was taken by police for not wearing her hijab properly, have continued for three months in Iran. The protests have especially intensified since the 15th, marking the third anniversary of the 'Bloody November.' Shops across Iran also joined a three-day strike starting on the 15th in solidarity with the protests. Bloody November refers to the 2019 incident when citizens angry over the government's fuel price hike held protests that were violently suppressed, resulting in hundreds of deaths.

AFP reported, "At least seven people died nationwide in clashes between protesters and police on the 15th and 16th." Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported on the 16th that two security officers were shot dead by protesters. The human rights organization Iran Human Rights (IHR) claimed that 15,000 people have been arrested and over 300 have died during the hijab protests in Iran, but Iranian authorities deny these figures.

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