Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Colonel Mehdi Molashahi and Basij militant Javad Kikha were shot and killed by unidentified persons in Zahedan on Tuesday afternoon, as anti-government protests continued in the area and throughout Iran.
The IRGC and other Iranian security forces brutally cracked down on protesters in Zahedan in recent weeks, killing over 80 people, according to human rights organizations.
On September 30, large clashes which became known as "Bloody Friday" broke out between Sunni protesters and Iranian security forces in Zahedan after the Iranian forces fired on worshippers during Friday prayers.
Multiple members of the paramilitary Basij forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed in the clashes, with Iranian state media claiming "separatist forces" had attacked an Iranian base in the area.
Five weeks after Mahsa Amini's death, protests continue
Protests were reported throughout Iran on Tuesday, over five weeks after Mahsa Amini was killed by Iranian Morality Police.
دانشگاه قم، امروز سوم آبان ۱۴۰۱#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/ZEudzcumJw
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University students protested in Qom, Ahvaz, Tehran, Damghan, Mashhad, Hamedan, Shahrekord, Karaj and Kerman, among other locations.
دانشگاه آزاد تهران مرکز، واحد پونک، امروز ۳ آبان.#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/SxWj7hmJPy
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Male and female students sat and eat lunch together, which is usually prohibited in Iranian universities.
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On Wednesday, Iranians will mark 40 days since Amini's death, an important marker in Shi'ite mourning rituals. Largescale protests are expected throughout the country.