ISW: Demonstrations to commemorate killing of Mahsa Amini may generate protest turnout across Iran

“Iranian protest organizations are planning demonstrations to commemorate the regime’s killing of Mahsa Amini on September 16 and may generate protest turnout across Iran,” Report informs referring to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

According to ISW, the regime is taking steps to preempt protests that commemorate the death of Mahsa Amini and will likely crack down on demonstrations that occur: “It has arrested numerous women’s rights activists and family members of protesters killed during last year’s Mahsa Amini movement. The regime has additionally intensified its crackdown on dissident voices in universities, dismissing at least 10 professors on August 29 alone. The regime is targeting universities because university students largely spearheaded last year’s Mahsa Amini movement. The regime has also established checkpoints at the entrances of various cities in Kurdistan Province and deployed security forces and helicopters to Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan provinces. Around 21 percent of the anti-regime protests between September 16 and December 22, 2022, occurred in Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan provinces, as CTP previously reported.”