Balochistan: Iranian forces fired upon peaceful protester 19 killed, several wounded

 Balochistan: Iranian forces fired upon peaceful protester 19 killed, several wounded

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DOZAAP (Zahedan) Iranian IRGC and other security forces have killed at least 19 peaceful Baloch protesters and wounded several others during another bloody Friday on November 4th 2022 in Iranian Occupied Balochistan’s Khaash city.

According to details, Baloch people took to streets on Friday 4th November to record their protest against the killing of more than 100 Baloch in Zahedan on 30 September and the rape of a Baloch girl by Chabahar police chief on 27 September.

The Iranian forces, especially, the IRGC have opened indiscriminate firing at protesters killing 19 peaceful protesters including three children. Several others have been wounded and dozens have been arrested.

So far, the identity of Twelve people killed in during Khaash protests have been ascertained as: Mohammad Shahbakhsh son of Hafiz Anwar, Younis son of Hafiz Anwar MirBalochzaei resident of Nazil, Muhammad Shah Bakhsh son of Nadir resident of Baitabad (student of Azad University Khash), Rahim Dad Shaliburr son Ismail, Azim Mahmudzahi son of Pirdad, Saeed Sohrabzahi son of Wahid, Sadiq-ul-Rahim Brahohi, Ali Kurd Kalahori, Abdul Malik Shahnawazi, Mubeen Mirkazahi son of Murad (age 14 years),  Yasir Bahadurzahi son of Bibagar (age 18 years born disabled), Kambeez Regi son of Allah Bakhsh.

In several footages published on social media, Iranian forces can be seen directly firing at protesters while the civilians are seen trying to shift the injured to the hospital on their own.

Iran’s brutal forces have arrested hundereds of Baloch including several female students since 27th of September after Chabahar incident. Some of the people arrested during Khaash protest have been named as Ali Jamalzaei Khaashi son of Allah Dad, Ismael Shahnawazi son of Chakar residents of Khaash, 18-year-old Ali, Moeen Regi son of Nader and Yaseen Hasanzaei.

According to Baloch Activists Campaign (BAC), Ali Mostafavi the Chief Justice of Iranian Occupied Balochistan has confirmed on 2nd November that 620 Baloch have been arrested since Chabahar incident, out of the above number 368 have been released on assurity, 106 were released on bail and 146 are still in the custody of Iranian forces.

On October 29, at least three Baloch children were killed by Iranian security forces during peaceful protests by the people of Zahedan and Saravan. The three deceased children have been identified as Adil Baloch, Omid Naravi, and Aamir Shahnawazi.

The IRGC intelligence forces abducted Baloch student Mohammad Munib Ahmadi Moghadam in Birjand. He is student at Birjand and has been accused of leading the protests.

On October 26, the Iranian intelligence forces shot dead a 7-year-old Baloch girl named Moona Naqib in Aaspech area of Saravan city. She was on her way to school when she fall prey to the bullets of Iran’s forces.

The rape of Maho a Baloch by Chabahar police chief Ibrahim Kochakzaei and the bloody Friday in Zahedan on 30 September where at least 103 peaceful Baloch protesters were killed had already sparked anger across Iranian Occupied Balochistan and the latest massacre in Khaash has now added fuel to fire.

Waves of so far unending protests continue in Balochistan with many among the protesters chanting slogans for freedom. The Baloch people have long been oppressed by Iran and Balochistan has witnessed the highest number of execution as compared of other occupied nations.

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