Iran protests

At least two people have been killed amidst the ongoing widespread protests over water shortages in Iran's Khuzestan province.

The nationwide strike by workers in Iran's oil, gas, and petrochemical industries has persisted for nearly a month, and is continuing to expand.

Iranian security forces on Friday night killed a protester amidst the ongoing demonstrations against water and electricity shortages in the province of Khuzestan.

People in Iran’s oil-rich southwest province of Khuzestan stormed into the streets on Thursday night protesting lack of water and electricity.

Islamic Republic of Iran has been committing “serious human rights violations” in response to a series of nationwide protests since November 2019, Amnesty International said in a report published on October 2.

A new wave of protests spread again among Iranian workers over delayed and low salaries across Iran in the last three days. 

Iranian security forces on Friday militarized the southern city of Behbahan, one day after anti-regime protest, residents of the city told Avatoday.

People in the Iranian southern city of Behbahan in Khuzestan province took the streets on Thursday night chanting slogans against top Islamic Republic officials.

Amnesty International reported on Saturday that Iranian security forces used “unlawful force” and “sexual violence” against protesters who took the streets for several days, demonstrating Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ downing of a passenger jet.

The weapons, which Iranian intelligence agency claimed it has seized from protesters backed by foreigners, belong to Iranian police, two sources confirmed to Avatoday on Saturday.