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Iranian Opposition: 50 Killed as Protests Continue for 9th Day

Demonstrators against the Iranian regime rally in Paris. (AFP)
Demonstrators against the Iranian regime rally in Paris. (AFP)
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Iranian Opposition: 50 Killed as Protests Continue for 9th Day

Demonstrators against the Iranian regime rally in Paris. (AFP)
Demonstrators against the Iranian regime rally in Paris. (AFP)

The Iranian opposition announced on Friday that 50 protesters have been killed by security forces as anti-regime demonstrations continued for the ninth day in the country.

It added that 3,000 protesters have been arrested.

Activists said that clashes erupted between demonstrators and security forces in the city of Kashan.

Strict security measures were witnessed in the revolution square in central Tehran.

Other activists spoke of strict measures being taken in the city of Shiraz.

Video posted on social media showed 50,000 protesters at a stadium in Tabriz chanting against the authorities’ oppression of the demonstrators.

The United Nations Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting on Iran later on Friday at the United States’ request.

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley warned before the meeting that the situation in Iran could escalate into a conflict similar to the one in Syria.

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Grossi Wants to Meet with Iran’s Pezeshkian ‘at Earliest Convenience’

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, US, March 15, 2023. (Reuters)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, US, March 15, 2023. (Reuters)
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Grossi Wants to Meet with Iran’s Pezeshkian ‘at Earliest Convenience’

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, US, March 15, 2023. (Reuters)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Washington, US, March 15, 2023. (Reuters)

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi announced he intends to visit Tehran through a letter he addressed to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Iranian Mehr Agency reported that Grossi sent a congratulatory message to the Iranian president-elect, which stated: “I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you on your election win as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

“Cooperation between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Islamic Republic of Iran has been at the focal attention of the international circles for many years. I am confident that, together, we will be able to make decisive progress on this crucial matter.”

“To that effect, I wish to express my readiness to travel to Iran to meet with you at the earliest convenience,” Iran’s Mehr news agency quoted Grossi as saying.

The meeting – should it take place - will be the first for Pezeshkian, who had pledged during his election campaign to be open to the West to resolve outstanding issues through dialogue.

Last week, American and Israeli officials told the Axios news site that Washington sent a secret warning to Tehran last month regarding its fears of Iranian research and development activities that might be used to produce nuclear weapons.

In May, Grossi expressed his dissatisfaction with the course of the talks he held over two days in Iran in an effort to resolve outstanding matters.

Since the death of the former Iranian president, Ibrahim Raisi, the IAEA chief refrained from raising the Iranian nuclear file, while European sources said that Tehran had asked to “freeze discussions” until the internal situation was arranged and a new president was elected.