Human Rights Sources: Number of Detainees in Protests in Zahedan, Khash, and Mirjaveh Exceeds 48

Halvash, which covers news related to Sistan and Baluchestan province, announced early Saturday, October 8, that with the identification of 9 more individuals, the number of citizens detained during the protests on Friday, October 7, 1402, in Zahedan, Khash, and Mirjaveh has increased to at least 48. According to Halvash's report, government forces carried out widespread and mass arrests of citizens after Friday prayers in the cities of Zahedan, Khash, Mehristan, and Mirjaveh, and the names and details of the identified detainees show that more than half of them are between the ages of 16 and 30. Mehdi Nakhl-Ahmadi, a journalist discussing the reasons for the year-long continuation of protests in Sistan and Baluchestan and the enthusiastic participation of people in the anniversary of the "Bloody Friday of Zahedan," told Voice of America: "The multitude of unanswered demands and the wisdom of Molavi Abdulhamid have caused the protests to continue." He added: "The ceiling of the demands of the people of Sistan and Baluchestan is to move beyond the Islamic Republic, and the minimum demands are those that Molavi Abdulhamid has raised over the past year, which include eliminating discrimination, establishing justice, solving the people's livelihood problems, and holding fair trials for the perpetrators and instigators of the Bloody Friday of Zahedan, none of which have been addressed or implemented." Mehdi Nakhl-Ahmadi emphasized: "In the current atmosphere, there is no clear point or bright outlook that would give the people of Sistan and Baluchestan hope for the future and change in conditions, and this issue will be a factor in the continuation of protests." This journalist considered sowing discord as a 40-year policy of the Islamic Republic in governance and stated: "The ruling power still wants to silence the people by labeling the protesters and denying the massacre of people in Sistan and Baluchestan, and out of fear of a decline in the repressive forces, it will refrain from addressing the cases of the perpetrators and instigators of past crimes and the massacre of Bloody Friday of Zahedan in 1401." The silence of the media inside Iran regarding the renewed attack of government forces on protesters in Zahedan was noted, along with a detailed interview with Sanobar following the killing of Khodamour on Tuesday, October 10, from Voice of America. Shir Ahmad Shirani Naroui speaks about shooting with DShK at peaceful protests in Zahedan, reports of children being injured during the shooting at protesters on the anniversary of the Bloody Friday of Zahedan, and a review of what happened on October 8, 1401, which became known as the Bloody Friday of Zahedan.