Reported by PMOI/MEK
Iran, June 1, 2019 – 30 demonstrators were arrested during a rally protesting the killing of a young man in the city of Zahedan, southeastern Iran.
Repressive state security forces shot and killed Mousa Shah-Bakhash, a young balouch man after he failed to show a drivers’ license to the police on May 25.
Sources in Zahedan say dozens of people in the southeastern city of Zahedan rallied on May 27 outside the local governor’s office protesting the killing of Shah-Bakhash demanding justice, instead, the security forces raided the protest rally arresting at least 30 protesters.
Fearing the spread of protest and developing into large unrest in that volatile city, the security forces called for back up while firing warning shots into the air to disperse the crowd.
Reports indicate that the angry crowd did not heed the warning shots attacking vehicles belonging to the state security forces and throwing rocks at the cars in order to break the line of security offense.
The skirmishes ended after at least 30 protesters were arrested and taken to an undisclosed location
Authorities confirmed the man’s death, claiming the plate number on his car was manipulated. The man was being chased by the security forces, they said.
State security forces told reporters that the man was wounded, and died of his wounds in the hospital.
Eyewitnesses say that the security forces were chasing Mousa Shah-Bakhash claiming that he failed to show his driver license to the authorities, but the police say that he did not stop after he was pulled over.
This incident happened at Keshavarz Avenue in the Zahedan city center.
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A number of residents of the city of Zahedan, southeastern Iran, attacked and clashed with the brutal plainclothes agents of the Iranian regime on Saturday for killing a young Balouchi man. The repressive forces called for backup and fired shots in the air trying to disperse the crowd, fearing that the protest could draw more protesters and turn in to larger unrest.
The angry crowd attacked vehicles belonging to the state security forces throwing rocks at them as a means to push back those forces who were trying to arrest them.
Toward the evening on Saturday, the repressive forces shot at a young Balouchi man called Mousa Shah-Bakhash for not having a drivers’ license and ignoring a stop sign. The bullet pierced the young man’s chest resulting in his death. This incident happened at Keshavarz Ave. in Zahedan City Center.
Mousa Shah-Bakhash was shot dead by security forces for not having a drivers’ license
