In September 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, was arrested in Tehran by the morality police. Her police accuse her of violating the Islamic Republic’s dress code because her veil did not completely cover her hair. Her death in custody a few days later caused a wave of revolt in the country, carried forward by the movement “Woman, life, freedom”. A wave of resistance bloodily repressed by the regime in power, which does not hesitate to use force to stifle the courage of activists.
In a report published Wednesday, December 6 and broadcast by franceinfoAmnesty International alleges that Iranian security forces have used in particular “rapes and other forms of sexual violence to repress the ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ uprising ” Last year.
Post-arrest rapes and no indictment of the officers responsible
As reported franceinfothis report highlights “the terrible ordeals suffered by 45 people, including 26 men, 12 women and seven minorss » have “suffered rape, gang rape and/or other forms of sexual violence by intelligence services and security forces after being arrested “. These include women and girls arrested for violating the dress code and men who took to the streets to demonstrate against the regime.
Overall, according to Amnesty International, “16 of the 45 victims whose cases were presented in the report were raped. Among them there are six women, seven men, a 14-year-old girl and two boys aged 16 and 17. […]. Six of these people – four women and two men – were gang raped by up to 10 male officers. “. According to information from Amnesty, “ the perpetrators of these rapes and other forms of sexual violence are members of the Pasdaran (revolutionary guards), the Bassidj paramilitary forces and the Ministry of Intelligence “.
The report also deplores the inaction of the Iranian authorities who have so far not taken any sanctions against the state representatives in question. Amnesty International says it shared it “his conclusions to the Iranian authorities on November 24” without getting the slightest response from them.
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