The International Network of Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights condemns the massacre of the people of Balochistan by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Dear suffered people of Iran, fellow Human Rights organizations and administrations,
According to the most recent reports from the border areas of Saravan in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan, on Monday, February 22, 2021 after several protests and events, more than a dozen Baloch citizens have been killed and many more injured due to the terroristic measures of the Islamic Republic security forces.
News sources are reporting: "after the Revolutionary Guards ambushed and dug ditches in the border areas to prevent the trade of fuel by local traders, a number of tradesmans in the area gathered in front of the Revolutionary Guards base of the vicinity to protest, but the IRGC answer to the protesters was bullets and fire and accordingly, many people lost their precious lives and the others, ended up in hospitals and emergency units with severe injuries and bleeding. On Tuesday the same week, when the families of the killed and wounded citizens gathered in front of the Saravan governor's bureau to peacefully protest against these cruel and inhuman shootings and express the deep sorrow of their lost ones, they were attacked again by the forces of the Islamic Republic regime with tear gas and shotguns, resulting in a bloodshed and injuries of the people of the area."
The International Human Rights Network of Iranian Kurdistan condemns the killing and wounding of the tradsmans and citizens of the Saravan region by the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and calls on all human rights organizations and institutions around the world not to remain silent in the face of the ongoing felonies. We also frame our support for the peaceful and progressive protests of the people of the area, and send our condolences to the families whom are right now drawn into the ocean of the sorrow of their lost dear ones, and wish for a quick recovery for the traumatized and wounded people.