Human rights organizations accuse the Iranian authorities of placing military reinforcements in Kurdish regions where protests against the regime have intensified, and fear increased repression.

The armed forces have moved reinforcements into the city since yesterday. Mahabad northwestern Iran,” the NGO complained on Twitter. Hengo for protecting the rights of their Kurds Irantalking about fires in residential areas.

The organization posted photos showing military helicopter in which board members Revolutionary Guard fly over Mahabad.

According to Hengau, the shopkeepers turned up today strike protesting repression.

The authorities “cut off the electricity in Mahabad today, and automatic weapons fire can be heard,” the newspaper writes. Mahmoud Amiri-Moghadam, director of the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR), adding that there were reports of dead or injured protesters. In the audio document he published, gunshots and screams are heard.

According to the Hengaw organization, explosions were heard early this morning in many cities in Kurdistan Province, such as Marivan, Buchan as well as Sanchez. The situation in the city is critical Divandarlehwhere security forces killed three protesters yesterday, according to the organization.

The Tasnim news agency reported that “the rebels attacked, looted and set fire to houses in Mahabad belonging to the police and the military. Order and security have been restored,” the Iranian news agency reported.

Kurds are one of the main ethnic minorities in Iran, and their numbers 10 million of Iran’s 83 million population. The majority of Kurds in Shia Iran are Sunnis.

From mid-September and her death Mahsa Aminibelonging to the Kurdish minority, the protests against her arrest and death for violating the dress code established for women turned into a movement against the regime.

Least 378 people were killed during the crackdown on the protest movement, according to the latest count released yesterday Human rights in Iran. Among the dead are 47 children. So far, six arrested demonstrators have been sentenced to death.

Iranian actress Hengame Ghaziani was arrested by Iranian security forces for publicly removing her headscarf in a video she posted to express her support for the protest movement in Iran, the Irna news agency reported.

Iran’s judiciary said it had summoned Ghaziani prior to her arrest along with seven other film, political and sports figures for posting “provocative” content in support of the protest movement.

Among these personalities is the coach of the Persepolis football club. Yahya Golmohamadi and former reformist deputies Mahmoud Santegui as well as Parvane Salasuri.

Yahya Golmohammadi last week criticized the players of the national team for “not conveying the voice of the oppressed people to the authorities” after the meeting of the Iranian national team with the president. Ibrahim Raisi.

The two former MPs openly supported the protest movement, mostly on Twitter, and condemned the use of violence against protesters.

her manager Iranian Boxing Federationwho is in Spain for the event, announced his decision not to return to Iran.

“I decided not to return to Iran in order to be the voice of those whose voices are not heard by the authorities,” Hossein Suri said in a video released yesterday.

And to Qatarwhere the World Cup started today, defender Ehsan Haishafi stated that the Iranian national team wants to be the “voice” of the people.

AFP-Reuters