Showing posts with label Iranshahr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iranshahr. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Iran: Border porters victimized


In the evening of May 10, the Iranian regime security forces in Mohammadabad, Iranshahr police station opened fire on a pickup truck carrying diesel fuel. The vehicle got on fire and its two passengers burned to death. The reason the pickup came under fire was for allegedly smuggling fuel.
In Sistan and Baluchistan Province, out of poverty and unemployment, people and in particular the youth earn a living by selling fuel or other commodities. This poor population passes through difficult passage ways in the cold of winter and the heat of summer in fear of being arrested or getting killed.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

IRAN: Iranshahr residents protest death of Baluchis by State Security Forces

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On Sunday, May 10, people of Mohammadabad and Karimabad villages, near Iranshahr in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, who were enraged by the death of two Baluchis, attacked the police station in Mohammadabad with wooden clubs and stones setting it ablaze. The protests in the region continued into late hours of Sunday night and protesters destroyed three vehicles belonging to the security forces and the municipality. Moreover, the Iranshahr-Bampour road was closed down by protestors.............