Bloody November Families Form Association To Call For Justice

The new victims' association aims to keep the issue of the brutal crackdown of 2019 in the public mind and lobby for justice through activities including preparing an archive of documentation, holding anniversaries and commemoration events for the victims, and filing cases at the international courts.

A series of nationwide protests in Iran, known as Bloody November, took place in 2019. Initially triggered by a 50 to 200-percent increase in fuel prices, the demonstrations quickly turned into calls for the overthrow of the government and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

According to a report by a rights group, at least 3,000 protesters were killed by the Islamic Republic security forces from November 15 to 17, and nearly 20,000 arrested. Reuters at the time reported 1,500 deaths.

"Due to the widespread crimes of the Islamic Republic in Bloody November, it was not possible to communicate with all the families during the past 43 months. This association was formed with the cooperation of a number of families, but it belongs to all the freedom-loving people of Iran,” the group said in a statement.