while still Protests continue in Iran For more than two weeks, condemning the death The young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini The 22-year-old, American intelligence confirmed that the continuation of these protests and the duration of their spread is really surprising.
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Bill Burns, described the “extent of the spread of these protests as a thunderbolt”, especially as they affected dozens of cities and provinces, as well as various classes.
“They are fed up”
Burns said in an interview with the American network “CBS”, that the Iranian youth had had enough political repression to the Iranian authorities.
He also saw that young Iranians, especially women, had had enough, whether from the economic crisis and difficult living conditions, or corruption, social restrictions and political repression in the country, which made them ready to take a brave risk.
Protests in Tehran condemning the death of Mahsa Amini (Archive – Archyde.com)
And US President Joe Biden announced, on Monday, that his country “will impose additional costs this week on the perpetrators of violence once morest peaceful demonstrators,” expressing his grave concern regarding reports of the continuing increasing violence once morest protesters in Iran, including once morest students and women.
Meanwhile, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused Washington and Tel Aviv of being behind the demonstrators and rioters.
hissing flame
It is noteworthy that Amini, who hails from the Kurdish city of Saqqaz in northwestern Iran, died on September 16 (2022) three days following her arrest by the morality police, and then transferred to a hospital in Tehran.
Her death sparked outrage in Iran over several issues, including restrictions on personal freedoms and strict rules regarding women’s clothing, as well as the living and economic crisis experienced by Iranians, not to mention the strict rules imposed by the regime and its political structure in general, in addition to corruption. and repression.
Protesters holding a picture of Mahsa Amini (Archyde.com)
The demonstrations that swept dozens of cities across the country during the past weeks and still include different races and classes, constituted the largest protests since the protests once morest fuel prices in 2019, and it was reported that 1,500 people were killed (according to Archyde.com) in crackdowns once morest demonstrators.