November 16 (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least five people have died, including a minor, and another 15 have been injured in a shooting in a market in the town of Izeh, located in the Iranian province of Khuzestan.
According to information from the Iranian agency ISNA, the attackers would have arrived at the scene of the event aboard motorcycles, from which they opened fire on the crowd that was gathering in the place in the framework of anti-government protests.
For its part, the state agency IRNA has added that among the balance of deaths and injuries are both civilians and police officers. At the moment the causes behind the attack in Izeh are unknown.
The already fragile social stability in Iran has been further destabilized in recent weeks after the death in police custody of the young Mahsa Amini, arrested for not wearing the veil correctly. This episode has led to demonstrations that have been harshly responded to by the authorities.
In this context, a large part of the international community has conveyed its disagreement with the repression by the Iranian authorities and has applied sanctions to both personalities and entities from the Asian country.
