Security forces have killed at least 82 people in the city of Zahedan, the capital of southeastern Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province, after protests erupted on September 30.

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[Central News Agency] Security forces have killed at least 82 people in the city of Zahedan, the capital of southeastern Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province, after protests broke out on September 30, Amnesty International said today. people.

Iran was already in the throes of protests after Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman, was detained by Tehran's religious police and tragically killed. A teenage girl was allegedly raped by the police.

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Amnesty International said security forces launched a violent crackdown that killed at least 66 people, including children, after Sunday's Sunday service on September 30 (Friday), and then continued to crack down on protests, killing a total of 16 people. , and the actual number of deaths may be higher.

According to Amnesty International, on September 30, a group of people gathered outside a police station in Sahdan to protest after the service. Security forces fired "live ammunition, metal projectiles and tear gas" at protesters, passers-by and believers.

"Evidence collected by Amnesty International shows that the vast majority of victims were shot in the head, heart, neck, and torso, revealing a clear intent to kill or seriously harm."

Amnesty International said the direction of the launch came from the "roof of the police station" where at least three children were killed on September 30.

Iranian officials blamed the unrest as "extremist" attacks on police stations and several members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards died.

But Amnesty International said there was no evidence that the protesters' actions seriously threatened security forces, other than a "small number" of protesters throwing stones at police stations.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered a thorough investigation into the conflict in Sahdan.