As many as 23 children have already been killed by the ongoing protests in the Iranas a representative of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said today in a briefing in Geneva.
These deaths were caused by live gunfire, metal pellets fired at close range and fatal beatingsthe agency said, adding that an unspecified number of children were arrested during school raids and some were sent for psychological treatment.
More than 120 protesters have been killed so far since the crackdown on protests in Iran, which erupted on September 16 following the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish Mahsha Amini, according to the latest tally by the Oslo-based non-governmental organization Iran Human Rights (IHR).
The death of Amini was the reason for the outbreak of this protest movement. The young Iranian woman died three days after she was arrested by the morality police for not wearing her hijab properly, Reuters and Athens News Agency reported.
As reported by the IHR, 122 people have lost their lives during the suppression of the protests taking place in several cities of Iran.
Source: News Beast
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