Iran prosecutor draws ‘red line’ for protesters
On Sunday, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Iran’s Attorney General, issued threats against protesters for the second week in a row due to poor economic conditions.
In his statements, Montazeri attempted to use security as an excuse to target protesters demanding their legitimate rights, saying: “The issue of people’s security is the red line for the judiciary, law enforcement and security forces”.
Montazeri said in a statement that: “The duty of the judiciary to deal firmly with perpetrators of violent crimes in society”.
He added: “We expect law enforcement and community security officials to deal firmly with those who generally endanger people’s security at any center and place, and the judiciary will certainly support them in this regard”.
Protests against the Ebrahim Raisi government’s decisions continue for the second consecutive week in a number of Iranian governorates against the backdrop of higher prices for basic commodities and food.
So far, four protesters have been killed in cities in southwestern Iran. Authorities have acknowledged the death of one protester in the city of Andimeshk in Khuzestan province last Friday.
A video circulated on social media, believed to be from the town of Hafjan in Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari province, shows a protester being shot by security forces.
Other videos of protests and demonstrations in several Iranian cities, including the capital Tehran, have circulated on social media. The protests in the town of Karvan, to the east of the capital, reportedly continued until after midnight.
