Reaching the twentieth day of protests against Ali Khamenei’s regime for the death of Mahsa Amini, allegedly murdered at the hands of the “moral police” for violating the headscarf law, students from various schools in Iran join the demonstrations .
Videos published by the Iranian press show the discontent of hundreds of schoolgirls who have decided to protest in schoolyards and on the streets of Saqez, Sanandaj, Karaj and in the Iranian capital, Tehran. They can be seen waving their hijabs (veils) in the air and chanting the slogan: “Death to the dictator.”
Iranian schoolgirls remove their head coverings and chant “mullahs must go away” today, on day 18 of protests over the death of #MahsaAmini in morality police custody for “improper hijab” amid mass arrests of activists and an internet shutdown.#مهسا_امینیpic.twitter.com/a01ILrgOlS
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) October 3, 2022
Among the protests is that of a school in Karaj, Iran, where a group of students united to force an educational official to leave the premises. The girls yelled at him “You should be ashamed of yourself” while throwing bottles of water to force him back.
The discontent of the Iranian population was intensified by Khamenei’s recent statement, in which he blamed the United States and Israel for organizing the wave of protests in the Islamic Republic since Amini’s death. In addition, she described the ways of manifesting women as “planned”, because they seem to her that they are not “normal”.
Who planned them? I say that it is clear that the planning was done by the United States, the fake and usurping Zionist regime, as well as their paid agents, with the help of some traitorous Iranians abroad.
Protesting students, chasing away an #Iranian official from their school, shouting: Shame on you…October 3rd… #MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/eFmRhvaN2H
— Rahimpour Frog (@ranarahimpour) October 3, 2022
The accusation was made on October 3 and with his words he did nothing more than fan the flame that was already burning intensely. That same day, in Shiraz, Iran, dozens of students took to the streets to march, blocking the passage of the main road, showing their annoyance at the null actions taken by the president.
Another protest that caused noise was that of some students who, with their heads uncovered, decided to take a photograph where they raise their middle finger to a photo of Ayatollah Khamenei and the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ruholá Khomeini, to the outrage of the statement.
According to the latest balance of the human rights organization Iran Human Rights, since the wave of protests broke out there have been 154 deaths, among which are mainly protesters, minors and police officers.