Dec 25, 2022
One hundred days have passed since the beginning of the uprising of the Iranian people, which began with the death of Mahsa Jina Amini on September 16. On Saturday, people came to the streets in various cities of the country, including Tehran, Mashhad, Karaj, Isfahan, and Sanandaj, despite the snowfall in some of these cities, and chanted “Death to Khamenei.”
The suppression of protesters continues and is not limited to a specific section of society. All guilds and sections of society continue to protest under the pressure of security institutions and regime forces and severe repression.
Ziba Omidifar, a Kurdish journalist who was in the custody of IRGC intelligence forces, has been transferred to the hospital due to a decrease in consciousness due to physical and mental torture. Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned political activist, has reported in a letter about numerous cases of sexual assault in prisons and called the sexual assault on women one of the tools of the Islamic regime to suppress protesters.
On the other hand, the community of Qom Seminary teachers [the most important and prominent seminary of Shiite scholars in Iran] has declared cutting off the fingers and toes of the protestors, or hanging them as "effective solutions" to deal with the demonstrators.
Gas Shortage in Iran
While Iran's nuclear negotiators were talking about "begging" from the European side for access to Iran's gas resources by the beginning of winter, with the weather getting colder, the Iranian government has faced a serious gas shortage itself.
Economic problems and lack of investment in gas extraction and gas supply infrastructure are considered to be the main causes of this shortage. Offices and schools in big cities have been closed to save gas consumption, although some have considered the regime's fear of demonstrations as another reason for these closures.
To Hang or Not to Hang; Islamic Regime Judiciary’s Problem
The Islamic Regime’s Supreme Court announced it has upheld the death sentence of Mohammad Qobadlou after rejecting his appeal.
The regime’s judiciary, however, announced in a statement on Saturday that it had accepted the appeal against the death sentence of Saman (Yasin) Seydi, the Kurdish rapper who was accused of “waging war against God” or Hiraba.
Earlier, the Court had announced the appeals of both protesters had been accepted, but subsequently, Mizan News Agency affiliated with the judiciary said just the appeal of Saman (Yasin) Seydi was accepted and the ruling of Mohammad Qobadlou was confirmed.
11 protesters have been sentenced to death, among them Shoaib Mirbalochzahi, an 18-year-old Baloch youth. On Saturday morning Ayoub Rigi and Elyas Raisi were executed in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province.