PMOI (MEK) Social Headquarters inside Iran:
Hundreds of people who were taking videos of the uprisings have been arrested so far.
October 6, 2022
The Social Headquarters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization (PMOI/MEK) in Iran has detailed how oppressive agents of the Iranian regime have targeted protesters, specifically those who have been gathering footage of the uprising in universities and different locations across Iran. Agents have shot protesters with pellets and paintballs to prevent them from disseminating information or sending clips of the protests over the Internet.
According to the report, hundreds of people who were taking videos of the uprisings have been arrested so far.
In many cases, the first question asked of these arrestees under interrogation is: ‘To where and to whom did you want to send the clips?’ “Recording video at protests has always been heavily criminalized in the Islamic Republic, especially when those videos reveal shocking crackdowns on dissent.” According to the report, following Khamenei’s orders on October 3 to suppress the uprising and youthful rebellion, the Internet in different parts of the country has been cut off or restricted significantly. In practice, it has been impossible, since October 4, to send thousands of clips taken from the uprising.
The PMOI/MEK Social Headquarters inside Iran has called on the United Nations and international press media to take measures to save the lives and preserve the freedom of journalists on the scene reporting the Iranian people’s uprising.
That uprising has continued in various different cities in Iran.
On October 4, there were demonstrations, clashes, and strikes in Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Karaj, Urmia, Sanandaj, Divandarreh, Marivan, Saqqez, Bukan, and Mehran. Students of 32 universities, including 13 universities in Tehran, also participated in demonstrations and clashed with the regime’s suppressive agents on that day.
