Secretariat Statement
Kurdistan Human Rights Defense Organization:
According to incoming reports, today, Saturday, January 3 (13 Dey), in the city of Malekshahi in Ilam Province, people and protesters who had taken to the streets to protest poor economic and livelihood conditions were attacked with live ammunition by the city's security forces.
Reports indicate that dozens of people were killed and wounded in this attack.
It is reported that at least 11 people have lost their lives. The names of some of the dead, such as Latif Karimi, Mohammad Moghaddasi, Farez Agha Mohammadi, Mostafa Agha Mohammadi, Mohammad Bozooneh Arefi, Reza Azimzadeh, Mehdi Emamipour, and two individuals with unknown first names and the last names Naseri and Abdi, have been included in the reports.
Additionally, the condition of 30 of the injured has been reported as critical.
While expressing deep sorrow and grief over the occurrence of this painful incident, the Kurdistan Human Rights Defense Organization considers the use of live weapons against street protesters to be unjustifiable, strongly condemns the killing of civil demonstrators as an unforgivable crime, and declares the organization's solidarity with the justice-seeking families of the victims and the injured in the cities of Malekshahi and Ilam, as well as all the people of Kurdistan and Iran.
The attack on protesters and the killings in Malekshahi are strongly condemned
