Fact finding mission United Nations He said this Fridaye “Physical violence” suffered by a Kurdish-Iranian young woman Mahsa Amini when detained after being arrested Teheran The cause of her death in September 2022 was allegedly due to wearing the veil incorrectly; This incident sparked massive protest mobilizations in the country. Iranian.
“The mission determined that Physical violence in custody led to Amini’s death” he said in a statement before criticizing “Instead of investigating this death quickly, effectively and comprehensively as required by Humanitarian Law, The government actively hid the truth and denied justice“.
Thus he emphasized that: “The authorities mobilized the entire state security apparatus to suppress the protesters According to “reliable sources” cited by the mission, approximately 551 people, including 68 children, lost their lives in the protests that took to the streets after Amini’s death.
In this sense, he pointed out thatUnnecessary and disproportionate use of forceHe explained that there were “extensive injuries to the eyes of protesters inflicted by Iranian forces, which left many men, women and children blind.” “Evidence of extrajudicial killings was also found,” he said.
“The mission confirms this Police officers were killed and injured, but most protests were peaceful“, points to the statement, which also condemns a “pattern of arbitrary arrests”, including people dancing, chanting slogans, painting walls, honking car horns or posting messages on social networks.
Officials also stated that: “Victims, including women and girls who were raped, were tortured to extract confessions or to intimidate, humiliate and punish.” and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including gang rape, object rape, genital electrocution, forced nudity and touching.”
The mission also emphasized that: “Many” people “continue to pay a high price” He emphasized that he supported the protests within the framework of the pressure on victims’ relatives, journalists, activists, lawyers and doctors, and that the authorities “encouraged, approved and supported” Human Rights violations with their statements.
Therefore, the head of the mission, Sara Hossain, emphasized that “these actions are part of a widespread and systematic attack on the civilian population of Iran, especially women, girls, boys and men who seek freedom, equality.” honor and responsibility.” “We want the government to end the pressure immediately” “Against those participating in peaceful protests, especially women and girls,” he stressed.
In this regard, Viviana Krsticevic, a member of the mission, elaborated: “Iranian There is an obligation to respect the rights of women and children and to guarantee their right to the truthjustice and compensation to the victims”.
“Given the deep-rooted institutional discrimination against Iranian women and girls, we owe them transformative reparations.Their full, free and equal participation in all aspects of Iranian society” and noted that “this will mean reviewing laws, reforming the judicial system and accountability measures, among other measures.”