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Demonstration in Sanandaj Iran, two
children killed
2.8.2005
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Iran-Kurdistan:
People of Sanandaj stage demonstration against
mullahs' suppressive policies in Kurdistan
A number of residents, including two children killed
Monday evening, a large number of residents in the
city of Sanandaj (capital of the Iranian Kurdistan
province) staged a march in protest against the
clerical regime's suppressive policies, particularly
the brutal and bloody crackdown of demonstrators
last week in Mahabad, Sardasht, Piranshahr,
Oshnavieh, Divandareh and Baneh held in protest to
the torture and grisly murder of a Kurdish activist,
Seyyed Kamal Seyyed Ghader (a.k.a Showaneh).
In solidarity with the demonstrators, a large number
of shop owners closed their shops and the city's
Bazaar. Chanting antigovernment slogans, residents
demonstrated in Isteqlal (Independence) and Nobovat
squares, Safari, sixth of Bahman, Taj Ferdows,
Shapour, Farah, and Vakil streets, as well as
Gendarmerie, Namaki and Bardasht districts.
The clerical regime had put all its suppressive
forces in Sanandaj on alert and dispatched special
anti-riot units as reinforcement from Isfahan and
Kermanshah to the city.
Fearing the spread of the protest, the State
Security Forces (SSF) and anti-riot units attacked
the demonstrators and opened fire on them. A number
of people, including two children, were killed and
dozens wounded.
Despite the brutality, protesters clashed with the
SSF. The confrontation spread to Pasdaran, Ferdowsi,
Hassan Abad, Keshavarz, Abidar, Sharif-abad, Shapour
and Telgani streets as well as Kurdistan Boulevard.
The most intense clashes erupted under the city's
main bridge, Mullah Veisi.
In the clashes, district 21 police precinct, several
SSF vehicles and motorcycles were set on fire. A
number of government offices and banks, including
the central branch of Iran's National Bank, were
damaged. Special anti-riot units arrested dozens of
young people and took them to unknown locations.
The Iranian Resistance's President-elect Maryam
Rajavi hailed the defiant people of Sanandaj and
elsewhere in Kurdistan and urged residents in other
cities to rush to their aid. She also asked
international human rights organizations to condemn
the brutal suppression of the demonstration in
Sanandaj and undertake steps to save the lives of
those arrested.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of
Iran
www.ncr-iran.org
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