Reporting by PMOI/MEK
Iran, July 8, 2020—The brave youth of Omidyeh, Khuzestan province, confronted the Iranian regime’s suppressive forces on Monday July 7, after the security forces tried to apprehend and carry away a young man.
The security forces deliberately opened fire on the Omidyeh protesters, severely injuring 17-year-old youth. Omid Eydani died at the hospital hours later due to the severity of his injuries.
The state-run media tried to justify the regime’s crime and described the protesters as rioters, quoting Mehran Rafii, regime governor of Omidiyeh, as saying: “The police of Omidiyeh had arrested a rioter in the town of Yasser in Omidiyeh and some of his friends who were thugs engaged with the police to help the suspect escape.”
The official falsely claimed: “These people attacked the police with stones and clubs and injured some of them and the police and emergency vehicles were damaged, and the suspect escaped from the police.”
