An Iranian guy changed into shot lifeless with the aid of using the safety forces after celebrating while america removed his country’s countrywide group from the World Cup, rights businesses stated Wednesday. Iran changed into knocked out of the World Cup with the aid of using its arch enemy america in Qatar on Tuesday night, drawing a blended reaction from pro- and anti-regime supporters.
Many had refused to assist the countrywide group due to a bloody authorities crackdown on extra than months of protests sparked with the aid of using the loss of life in custody of Mahsa Amini. Mehran Samak, 27, changed into shot lifeless after honking his automobile horn in Bandar Anzali, a town at the Caspian Sea coast northwest of Tehran, human rights businesses stated.
Samak “changed into focused at once and shot withinside the head with the aid of using safety forces… following the defeat of the countrywide group in opposition to America”, stated Oslo-primarily based totally organization Iran Human Rights (IHR). The New York-primarily based totally Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) additionally suggested that he have been killed with the aid of using the safety forces even as celebrating.
It posted a video from his funeral in Tehran on Wednesday at which mourners can be heard shouting “Death to the dictator”. The chant geared toward Iran’s ideal chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is one of the primary slogans of the protests that flared after Amini’s loss of life in custody on September 16.
Iran’s safety forces have killed as a minimum 448 human beings withinside the crackdown at the protests, inclusive of 60 youngsters below the age of 18 and 29 women, in step with IHR. An Iranian standard stated on Monday that extra than three hundred human beings had been killed withinside the unrest.