THREAD
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The @UNHumanRights Council will be holding a special session on #Iran tomorrow.
This thread will be compiling evidence of the regime’s human rights violations against the Iranian people during the ongoing protests of #IranRevolution2022.
@UNHumanRights 2)
Nov 21—Javanrud, W #Iran
Locals came under heavy machine gunfire by security forces.
"Even in Syria they didn't use DShK heavy machine guns against the people!" the voice says.
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The 12.7mm DShK high caliber heavy machine gun, built as an anti-air weapon in 1938 by the Soviet Union, has also been used as a heavy infantry machine gun. The bullet either kills an individual on the spot, or he/she will most likely die of the severe wound/blood loss.
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Nov 22—Javanrud, W #Iran
Local activists reported that the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was firing DShK rounds in the city.
The sound of the heavy gunfire can be heard at 0:15 in this video.
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Activists from different cities of #Iran have been providing images of 12.7mm DShK shells fired by the regime’s forces against defenseless people and unarmed, peaceful demonstrators.
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Nov 21—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Scenes of IRGC and other security units resorting to intense gunfire against defenseless locals.
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Nov 20—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Security units opened fire on people attending a funeral for a local killed by the mullahs' forces, according to activists.
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Nov 20—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Security forces fired a barrage of bullets on protesters and bystanders, according to local activists.
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Someh Sara, Gilan Province, northern #Iran
Security forces opened fire on protesters using live bullets. This individual suffered severe spinal cord injury as a result.
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Kermanshah, W #Iran
This individual was shot by security forces using live ammunition.
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The regime’s security forces in #Iran are also using shotgun pellet rounds against protesters.
These are lethal weapons when used at close range, a normal practice of the regime’s security forces.
Many protesters have been blinded.
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Parsa Ghobadi, from a village near Kamyaran, W #Iran, was shot in the face on Monday, November 21, by security forces using shotgun pellet rounds.
He has lost both of his eyes at the age of 18.
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Kish Island, S #Iran
Rana, 20, says she was chanting slogans during a recent protest rally. A police commander said come over and talk. When she walked over, he shot at her with a pellet gun at 2 meters.
She now has 100+ pellets in her body and needed surgery.
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More cases of protesters being blinded and/or severely injured by #Iran’s security forces.
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One cannot cover all atrocities committed by #Iran’s regime during the ongoing #IranRevolution.
This thread ends here with a troubling report:
How Iran's security forces use rape to quell protests
"They choose the pretty ones..."
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