People in Iran’s Sunni city of Zahedan held a mass rally on Thursday to support their religious leader.
Earlier this week, the hacktivist group Black Reward targeted the data servers of Fars News Agency, a media network affiliated with the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, which criticized Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s dismay at Mourawi Abdul Hamid’s remarks. released several documents to the media. The most prominent religious leader of his Baluch population, who are mostly Sunni in Iran, living in Sistan-Baluchistan province.
However, the documents also revealed that Khamenei ordered his men to tarnish Abdul Hamid’s reputation instead of arresting him or harming him.
Abdul Hamid’s popularity is largely due to his willingness to challenge Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s absolute authority. The outspoken Sunni imam said in early November that women, ethnic groups and religious groups face discrimination after the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. bloody fridayAn incident on September 30 when security forces killed nearly 100 people.
Residents of Zahedan protested in support of Abdul Hamid by holding banners reading “Sheikh ul Islam is our red line,” referring to the outspoken cleric, according to video and photos released Thursday. We held a meeting.
The protests came about two days after a group of Sunni religious leaders called out to the Islamic Republic in several cities of Baluchi. stop the suppression mechanism Used against protesters.jointly Video statement released Monday, prayers Imams and religious scholars of Hash, Taftan, Mirjabe, and their neighboring towns said the regime’s terrifying attack on the people of the Kurdish-majority city, called “Bloody Friday” in Zahedan, on September 30 and the brutal crackdown on Hash residents. November 4th, etc.
In November, Abdul Hamid Internationally monitored referendumsays the government cannot push the country back through killing and oppression.
Thursday’s protests in Zahedan have been the scene of violent clashes between people and security forces since President Ebrahim Raisi stepped up the Islamic Republic’s military presence in the Kurdish-majority city in western Iran. It took place during a visit to the Kurdish city of Sanandaj. The fact that everyone in Iran is aware of the government’s ploy to sow the seeds of division among Sunnis, especially after the leaks, clearly hasn’t changed the regime’s plans at all. They appeared in markets and offered prayers at Sunni mosques.
Of course, this situation is not normal for the Islamic Republic. Universities across the country have recruited additional security forces to quell student protests, with nearly 200 universities around the world backing them up in response to the regime’s crackdown on popular anti-government protests. International protests are growing. day by day. Additionally, nationwide strikes by truck drivers as well as workers at many factories, especially in the oil, gas, petrochemical and steel industries, have crippled the country’s supply chains and exports, drawing more and more support every day. I am collecting
Meanwhile, several grassroots groups are calling for protests on December 5, 6 and 7. December 7, the anniversary of the 1953 murder of several students at Tehran University, is traditionally considered a day of national rally in Iran.
