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Video Shows Iran Massacre At Shrine That Left 15 Dead


Iran has vowed to “respond severely” to the mass killing.

New Delhi:

Iran’s leaders vowed on Thursday to “punish” those behind a shooting that killed 15 worshipers at a Shiite mosque, as security forces stepped up a deadly crackdown against women-led protests.

In the latest violence, a human rights group said security forces killed a Kurdish man as protesters gathered around government buildings in western Iran, a focal area in the nearly six weeks of unrest caused by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody.

As thousands mourned 22-year-old Amini on Wednesday, Iran was also rocked by an attack by the jihadist group Islamic State in which state media said a gunman killed at least 15 people at a temple in the southern city of Shiraz.

Ultra-conservative President Ebrahim Raisi seemed to link the two tragedies when he declared that “the intention of the enemy is to disrupt the progress of the country, and then these riots are the prelude to actions.” terrorism”.

The Iranian Embassy in India released a video of the attack, saying, “This is the real face of terrorism against the Iranian people and the whole world is silent about it. Video clip. [is] about yesterday’s brutal terrorist attack on civilians in Iran. “

Raisi has vowed a “severe response” to the mass killing at the Shi’ite Shah Cheragh mausoleum following evening prayers.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for a united effort against the “conspiracy” of Iran’s enemies. “The perpetrators or perpetrators of this sad crime will certainly be punished,” he said.

Iran has suffered its biggest protests in years since Amini’s death on September 16, three days after she was arrested by Tehran’s notorious ethics police for allegedly violating a dress code. of this country for women.

The latest protests in the West come after a large ceremony on Wednesday marking 40 days since Amini’s death, held in her hometown of Saqez, Kurdistan province.

Iran’s ISNA news agency said nearly 10,000 people had gathered there, but many thousands more were seen riding in cars, motorbikes and on foot, in videos widely shared online.

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