“They know that other people have reached a tipping point and are fueled by disenchantment.
“They are literally risking their lives to tell the world that they don’t need this regime. The regime has redoubled its efforts to use full force to quell those protests. By bringing together journalists, poets, singers and celebrities, they seek to set an example of this to avoid protests. “
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The protests began at the funeral of Amini, 22, after he died while in the custody of anti-vice police. Police say he fell into a coma after his arrest. Her circle of relatives and some witnesses say they have noticed evidence that police beat her.
On Friday, protests reportedly reached more than 140 Iranian cities, leaving at least 83 dead and 3,000 arrested in 31 provinces, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which on Friday released an update on its monitoring of the protests.
The regime has sought to quell protests by cutting off access to social media in more than a dozen cities in recent days, a move that has prevented widespread killings of protesters in the past.
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Over the weekend, police arrested Niloofar Hamedi, the journalist who first reported on Amini’s death, and arrested 28 journalists, in addition to several from iran’s reformist newspaper Shargh, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
The Foreign Desk reported that most of the hounds were kidnapped after midnight searches of their homes and that electronic devices were confiscated.
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Even prominent artists, such as poet Mona Borzouei and singer Shervin Hajipour, have been arrested after posting messages at the protests. The regime has accused foreign nations of stoking violence through those celebrities and journalists.
But the global has shown its support for the protests. The United States responded to Amini’s death by sanctioning the deputy police and seven other Iranian security officials “responsible for suppressing nonviolent protests” in the country, U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Sept. 22. He directly blamed the morality police for Amini’s death.
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“Other Iranian people are getting from all over the world, especially on social media,” Daftari said. . They need to silence them. “
Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter specializing in national news.