France: an Iranian commits suicide to draw attention to the situation in his country
A demonstration in Tehran, October 1, 2022, after the death of Mahsa Amini.
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When you watch this video, I will be dead
": an Iranian committed suicide on Monday, December 26, by throwing himself into the Rhône in Lyon in order, he says in a posthumous video, to draw attention to the situation of his country, shaken by demonstrations.
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This Iranian was found drowned late Monday afternoon, police told AFP, confirming information from the local newspaper
Le Progrès
.
The man, 38 years old according to his video, could not be resuscitated despite the intervention of the firefighters, who brought him back to the bank, we learned from the same source.
Iran has known for three months a wave of protest unprecedented since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. It was born of demands for women's rights after the death in mid-September of
Mahsa Amini
, arrested for having worn the Islamic veil incorrectly.
Protests for women's freedom gradually morphed into a larger movement directed against the Islamic regime.
The authorities, who denounce "
riots
", arrested thousands of people and sentenced a dozen of them to death for their involvement in this protest movement.
"
The police are attacking people, we have lost a lot of sons and daughters, we have to do something
", says the man in a calm voice in this video posted on several social networks before committing the irreparable.
محمد مرادی روزشته در فرانسه با غرق شدن در رودخانه خودکشی کرد تا توجه جهاivity
او یک روز قبل این ویدیو را ضبط کرده بود.
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- The important (@Limportant_fr) December 27, 2022
Support the Iranian people in their fight “
against a violent government
”
“
I have decided to commit suicide in the Rhône river, it is a challenge to show that we, the Iranian people, are very tired of this situation
” he announces.
“
When you watch this video, I will be dead
”, he continues, before calling for support for the Iranian people in their fight against “
extremely violent police and government
”.
Calls for a rally, Tuesday, December 27 at the end of the afternoon in the city center of Lyon, to pay tribute to him, have been launched on social networks.
At the beginning of December, the Iranian authorities made a gesture towards the demonstrators, by announcing the dissolution of the
morality police
.
But in the process, the authorities
executed by hanging
two young men, convicted of acts related to the demonstrations.
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To read also: Iran: 2022, a year of crises
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