“When you watch this video, I will be dead” : an Iranian man committed suicide on Monday December 26 by throwing himself into the Rhone river in Lyon, in the south-east of France, in order, he says in a posthumous video, to draw attention to the situation of his country rocked by protests.
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Protests in Iran: “If you kill two, thirty will replace them”
The Iranian was found drowned late Monday afternoon, police told AFP, confirming information from the local newspaper. progress “. The man, 38 years old according to his video, could not be revived despite the intervention of the firefighters, who brought him back to the bank, we learned from the same source.
“We have to do something”
Iran has been experiencing a wave of protest for two months unprecedented since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. It was born out of demands for women’s rights after the death of Mahsa Amini, arrested for having worn the Islamic veil incorrectly.
Protests for women’s freedom gradually morphed into a broader movement directed against the Islamic regime. The authorities, who denounce “riots”arrested thousands of people and sentenced a dozen of them to death for their involvement in this protest movement.
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“Police are attacking people, we have lost a lot of sons and daughters, we have to do something”affirms in a calm voice the man in his video posted on several social networks before committing the irreparable. “I have decided to commit suicide in the Rhône river, it is a challenge to show that we, the Iranian people, are very tired of this situation” he announces. “When you watch this video, I will be dead”he continues, before calling for support for the Iranian people in their fight against “extremely violent police and government”.
At the beginning of December, the Iranian authorities made a gesture towards the demonstrators, by announcing the dissolution of the morality police. But in the process, the authorities executed by hanging two young men convicted in connection with the demonstrations.
