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Water Crisis protest continues in Iran’s Khuzestan despite state violence

 Water Crisis protest continues in Iran’s Khuzestan despite state violence
posted onJuly 20, 2021
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A series of water shortage protests that began last Thursday in Iran’s southwest has continued after reports of more gunfire from Iranian security forces.   

Videos published on social media appeared to suggest that the Khuzestan protests were extending into Monday night. Avatoday could not independently verify those videos.

Electricity cuts and slowing of the internet in Khuzestan have been serious obstacles in covering the protests

Iranian state media have confirmed that two menGhasem Khaziri and Mostafa Naimavi were killed by gunfire during protests late Friday.

Circumstances of those killings are disputed. Iran blamed the protesters for the death of two young men.

However, local activists and Iranian social media users said they believe that Iranian security forces fatally shot the two men.