Repost from @amnestyiran • NEW: Iran's security forces have unlawfully killed at least 23 children to crush what many people in Iran consider a popular uprising against the Islamic Republic. The victims, aged between 11 and 17, include 20 boys and 3 girls. Iranian security forces have killed at least 23 children in recent nationwide protests. Security forces killed most of the boys with live ammunition and two other boys with metal pellets. 3 girls and a boy died after fatal beatings by security forces 10 of the child victims belonged to the oppressed Baluchi minority and were killed by Iran's security forces on "Bloody Friday", the deadliest day of the crackdown, in Zahedan. At least 7 were shot in the heart, head or other vital organs. 13 of the child victims were killed by security forces in the provinces of Tehran (5), West Azerbaijan (4), Alborz (1), Kermanshah (1), Kohgilouyeh and Bouyer Ahmad (1), and Zanjan (1). #مهسا_امینی #MahsaAmini https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/6104/2022/en/