7000 Law Enforcement Officials Injured During Unrest in Iran

Approximately 7,000 security and law enforcement personnel have been injured during the unrest in Iran. This was stated by Zahra Alahian, a member of the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, according to Mehr.

“The forces were not allowed to use weapons against the protest participants, and as a result, around 7,000 personnel from the security and law enforcement agencies were injured during the latest clashes,” Alahian said.

Since mid-September, mass unrest and protests have erupted in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Citizens are blaming the authorities for Mahsa's death. Over two and a half months, the protests have taken on a radical and extreme nature. Almost daily, participants in the unrest have attacked clergy, Iranian mosque leaders, and members of security forces, including police, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the Basij, a major military organization.

At the end of October and the beginning of November, two more terrorist attacks occurred in Iran—one in the city of Shiraz and the other in a small town in Khuzestan province in the south of the country. The attackers opened fire on a group of civilians and police officers.

Iranian authorities blame Western countries for supporting the protesters, accusing them of disseminating anti-Iranian messages in their media and calling on the country’s population to overthrow the government. Law enforcement agencies are conducting mass arrests of individuals recruited by the intelligence services of Western countries, Israel, and Saudi Arabia.