A well-known activist in Iran sewed up his lips and protests on this manner daily on the streets of Tehran, one week after one other activist's alleged suicide within the nation, he introduced on his X and Telegram accounts.
Hossein Ronagi stated he sewed his lips to protest towards restrictions imposed by Iranian authorities through the funeral of activist Kianoush Sanjari, whose buddies say he killed himself after unsuccessfully calling for the discharge of 4 prisoners, believed to be political prisoners. .
The loss of life of the activist, aged 42, who had returned to Iran 10 years in the past after residing within the US, shocked your complete activist neighborhood. This neighborhood accuses the Islamic Republic of pressuring him to finish his life after years of arrests and persecution.
Hossein Ronagi, a freedom of expression activist, has been protesting having his lips sewn shut since November 16. On the day he alleges, Iranian authorities prevented buddies and colleagues from attending a ceremony organized in Tehran in reminiscence of Kianous Sanjari.
Ronaghi, who posted a number of pictures of his lips sewn along with blue thread, vows to proceed his protest till the prisoners themselves are launched.
He additionally stated that he staged many sit-ins in Tehran, alone, and that he was arrested a number of occasions, however by no means for various hours. Nonetheless, members of the safety companies sexually abused and abused him, he alleges.
“I’ll proceed to protest with my lips sewn shut till Keanus' needs are granted,” he wrote on social media as we speak. “To sew my lips is a political protest. Whether or not I’m imprisoned, or out of jail, whether or not I’m locked up in my home or prevented from persevering with my sit-ins, the accountability rests with the Islamic Republic.”
Ronagi additionally states that he feels more and more weak, together with his lips “swollen and sore”, as he solely consumes water, tea and takes treatment, particularly antibiotics.
His protest takes place in an surroundings of a crackdown on Iranian activists, following the “Ladies, Life, Freedom” protest motion that rocked the regime in 2022 and 2023.
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