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She filmed Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters. Now she is afraid to go outside
Amid a nationwide crackdown and internet blackout, a Karaj beautician documented shootings and fear, with rights groups reporting over 3,000 deaths during protests last month.
- On Jan. 8, the 37-year-old beautician in Karaj filmed protesters filling a main boulevard near Samandehi Park as gunfire and tear gas echoed, and the Associated Press received more than a dozen of her clips during internet openings.
- When protests began in late December over the plunging currency, the beautician said she made only $40 and struggled to afford cooking oil, pushing her to join demonstrations.
- Monitoring groups say police used tear gas, shotgun pellets and rooftop snipers, with at least 6,854 killed during the monthlong internet blackout and nearly 20 shot nearby, the beautician reported.
- The beautician retreated into terrified isolation, moved in with her mother, cannot sleep, takes tranquilizers, fears security agents, and the AP is withholding her name for security.
- Across Iran, protests spread to at least 192 cities, with the government citing more than 3,000 deaths and Khamenei calling it `a coup`, while rights groups report an unprecedented clampdown.
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Woman who filmed Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters is now afraid to go outside
As tear gas canisters landed among protesters filling the wide boulevard, the 37-year-old beautician and her friends ran for cover. They sheltered among trees, concealed in darkness pierced only by the glow of streetlights and small fires behind them in the western Iranian city of Karaj.
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She filmed Iran's violent crackdown on protesters. Now she is afraid to go outside
The 37-year-old Iranian beautician marched with her friends through the streets in her hometown of Karaj, taking video as they chanted against Iran's rulers.
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