At least 8,000 people have been detained during Iran protests
People protest in Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017 in in this picture obtained from social media. The massive and widespread arrests of young people in different Iranian cities continue since the people took to the streets on December 28. According to reports from inside Iran and from within the regime, the number of detainees has mounted to at least 8,000 by the end of the second week of the Iranian people's uprising. The repressive forces are beating a protester on the street In recent days, several of these prisoners were martyred under the regime’s medieval tortures. Despite the regime’s attempts to keep hidden the number of arrests, it admitted to parts of it due to the high rise in numbers. A week ago Mahmoud Sadeghi, a member of parliament, said the number of arrestees amounted to 3,700. On January 2, political-security deputy governor of Tehran said 450 people were arrested in Tehran in only three days (December 30 - January 1). On Decemb...