Human rights groups say Iranian authorities have rounded up activists in advance of Saturday’s one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody
Sept. 12, 2023, 4:02 PM UTCNearly a year after mass protests erupted in Iran, the country’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, defended his government’s response to the demonstrations in an interview with NBC News, and warned that those who try to sow instability in the Islamic Republic would pay a “big cost.”
“You should be assured that the Islamic Republic of Iran has always been ready to listen to words of protesters. On any issue, we are all ears,” he said through a government translator. Amini’s death on Sept. 16, 2022 triggered a wave of protests across the country that mushroomed into the largest challenge to the theocratic regime since its founding in 1979. Chanting “Woman, life, freedom,” protesters chanted anti-regime slogans, including “Death to the dictator” and targeted symbols of the Islamic Republic. Women burned their head scarves in defiance of laws that require women to cover their hair and their bodies.
Iranians who protest, “they are free,” he said. “But those who are going to undermine the security, we did not allow that. “ Human rights advocates, U.N. monitors and press freedom groups say Iranian officials severely restricted Internet access after the protests started, blocked social media apps, arrested journalists and sought to punish any public criticism of the government.
He added: “This is an American approach. They destabilize the country under the pretext of human rights.”
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