The protests in the cities and the battles on the Kurdish border with Iran continue after the death of Masha Amini, followed by a police check, for wearing the veil badly.
Iranian President Raisi, weakened by the 13-day long protest, writes to his Chinese counterpart: Iran would be ready to develop strategic cooperation at all levels with China.
The occasion of the message for the National Day of the People's Republic of China.
This was reported by the Islamic agency Irna.
Noting that the two countries "oppose unilateralism", Raisi expressed the hope that "to overcome the current challenges, it is necessary to increase cooperation between independent countries and find solutions on a global level", and that Iran supports Chinese initiatives on "development" and on "security" worldwide.
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Erbil, Kurdistan protesters Mahsa Amini, 30 September
Meanwhile, protests continue on the ground in Tehran and dozens of other cities, while violent clashes take place in the south-east of the country on the border with Pakistan and Kurdistan, the latter area of origin of Amini.
The Pasdaran used a hard fist, bombing the territory, but also suffered serious losses: at the police station in Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan-Baluchestan, 20 victims were killed including two colonels of the Iranian Revolution Guards, one is
Hamid Reza Hashemi
, an intelligence officer of the pasdaran, "died of injuries sustained during clashes with terrorists," a statement from the Revolutionary Guards said.
The other is
Ali Mousavi,
also part of the intelligence, at the provincial level.
State TV reports this, saying that there are also 20 wounded among the military.
The province of Sistan-Baluchestan on the border with Pakistan is also known for frequent clashes involving drug traffickers, rebels from the Baluchi minority or radical Sunni Muslim groups.
Demonstration pro Iran-Bologna, today
Demonstrations in support of the Iranian protest around the world
While the hashtag # IranProtest2022 is growing more and more on social media, shared also by the world of culture and entertainment, there are numerous demonstrations "for freedom" in Iran.
From Japan to Australia and of course in Europe and Italy.
Mobilizations called in over 150 cities, including Rome, Milan, Venice, Bologna.
Hundreds of them chant the slogans
"The time has come (the moment has come)" and "Woman, life, freedom",
shouted
also in Iranian and Kurdish where the protest is causing victims and injuries, ("Zan zendegi azad") and in Kurdish ("Jin jyian azadi") but also by the many Iranian citizens living in Italy.
In Bologna in Piazza del Nettuno, several collectives including
Non una di less.
The voices from the square
"In Italy you have guaranteed your freedom for the smallest things, from going out for a beer with friends to kissing your partner," said an activist in Bologna.
"As an Iranian woman who has lived in Iran for years, I can assure you that this is not the case with us. Every time I wanted to kiss my partner, I was afraid."
"The problem is not just the veil or the hijab - she continued - because after 1979 the deepest sense of freedom was lacking in Iran".
"But we want that freedom, we want a secular regime, we want secularism, we want religion to remain very far from politics".
"Because in these 43 years thousands of people have died".
Another activist recalled the violence resulting from being forced to wear a veil for 7-year-old girls.
"They forced us, when we went to school, with the scorching heat that was in the classrooms. This is violence against minors".
"Today we are present in the streets all over the world" - continued another young demonstrator - only to ask for justice. "The activists of Non una di less recalled how" the transfeminist struggle has no boundaries "and how social justice is reached "especially through the liberation of women all over the world".
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Tokyo, Mahsa Amini protesters, 30 September