Iran plunges into violence in a climate of tension

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The bloody protests that broke out just two months ago do not stop spewing bad news.

To the high but difficult to specify number of fatalities, mostly protesters, but also members of the security forces, at least 15 people have joined in the last few hours.

Among them are two minors:

, 14, and

, a nine-year-old boy who was shot along with his father in a shady incident that occurred on Wednesday in Izeh, in southwestern Iran.

The Iranian government called it a "terrorist attack" and even issued a message of condolence to "the families of the victims" of Izeh and ordered an investigation into what happened.

According to local media,

in the town, located in the province of Khuzestan.

Among the seven dead, they said, there were civilians, but also two agents of the Basiji paramilitary forces.

Ten more people were injured.

Activists assured that relatives of the deceased blame the Basiyites themselves for perpetrating that massacre.

Like other protesters in other parts of Iran, they accuse this unit of

, under orders to suppress the protests at any cost.

In Isfajan, five more people, including riot officers, were killed in another shooting.

The rest of the deaths occurred in the western region of the country.

This week, hundreds of Iranians have intensified their protest actions and called strikes in the spirit of commemoration.

Just three years ago, a wave of riots in the most humble regions, sparked by a government decision to cut fuel subsidies, left a trail of possibly hundreds of dead participants.

The HRANA organization assures that, since last September, when the death of the young Mahsa Amini in police custody

, 362 protesters, 56 of them minors, have lost their lives.

The Iranian authorities move between messages warning of more severe reprisals against the youngest, who they suggest are acting unconsciously "influenced by the Western enemy", and denunciations of an international conspiracy in their media, some of which are beginning to speak of an "armed insurrection" promoted from abroad.

On Thursday, Major General Salami, commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards, declared that "some people" in Iran

. "

Meanwhile, and while the protests have dwindled in volume and confined to a handful of provincial capitals and Western cities, discontent with how the government has dealt with the protests is prevalent among many Iranians.

Added to the pain for the numerous victims of police brutality, and for the more than 10,000 detainees,

.

According to the Mizan agency, these "rioters" were accused of "war against God", one of the harshest crimes.

One of them, he explained, ran over and killed a policeman with his car;

another was arrested in possession of a gun and a knife, another blocked traffic and the fourth committed a stabbing.

These verdicts are appealable.

Amnesty International has warned that, in addition, there are 21 more Iranians who are being prosecuted on charges that can carry the death penalty under Iran's rigorous Islamic law.

The Government has promised to hold those responsible accountable in rapid processes, which has led opposition activists

, many of whom, they denounce, are imprisoned in precarious conditions.

This Wednesday, the 3rd Committee of the UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution condemning Iran, with 80 votes in favor, 28 against and 68 abstentions.

In the text, the Assembly expressed its "deep concern" at the "alarmingly high frequency in the imposition of death sentences", and called on Tehran to "cease the excessive use of force against peaceful protesters, including women and children". .

The Iranian delegate called the promoters of the draft "hypocrites."

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