Iranian mosque. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 28Massive pogroms took place near the city mosque of Makki in Zahedan, located in the province of Sistan and Balochistan in the southeast of Iran, during the unrest, unidentified people shot at the civilian population and police, as a result, one person was killed, another 14 were injured, Tasnim agency reports. Following the Imam’s warnings, at the Friday prayers at the Makki Mosque in Zahedan, unfortunately, a number of people, looking for pretexts to create unrest and inflame the situation, took to the streets adjacent to the mosque…”, the message says.
The dead Iranian woman Saedi may become a reason for new protests, the media reported.According to the agency, a number of people opened fire near the mosque, the fire was directed at the civilian population, as a result of which one person died and 14 were injured. They also gathered in the city's Touhid Square, located near the Makki Mosque. People chanted anti-social slogans, threw stones at passing cars, and burned tires on the roadway. Riots have been going on in Iran for more than a month, which began in mid-September in connection with the death of a young Iranian woman, Amini, after she was detained by the vice police. Protests and riots take place mainly in the provinces of Gilan, Khuzestan, Sistan and Balochistan, Tehran and Kurdistan. The Iranian authorities accuse the Western countries of supporting the actions, which in their media disseminate messages of a subversive, anti-Iranian nature, as well as calls for the overthrow of power in Iran. The rioters systematically attack and kill members of the security forces — the police, the IRGC and its Basij structure. On September 13, Amini was detained in Tehran by the vice police and sent for an explanatory conversation to one of the Faraj centers belonging to the police department and military intelligence. In this center, the girl had a heart attack, after which she was immediately taken to the hospital. She died three days later. Residents blamed the vice police for Mahsa's death. People in different cities of the country began to gather on the streets to protest. Videos have been posted on social media showing girls cutting off their hair and burning the hijab or «Rusari» headscarf, which, according to the law, must cover the head of an Iranian woman. .jpg» />Demonstrations in Iran in response to the riots and terrorist attack in Shiraz
