Deadliest day of the 2022 crackdown: security forces kill scores of Baluch worshippers and protesters in Zahedan
On 30 September 2022, during the Woman Life Freedom uprising Khamenei called foreign-made, security forces fired on worshippers and protesters in Zahedan after Friday prayers. Amnesty recorded at least 66 killed that day. Locals called it Bloody Friday; protesters chanted death to Khamenei as the crackdown continued.
Editorial timeline of public reporting, not a legal finding.
- Security forces fire on worshippers and protesters at Zahedan's Mosalla - Amnesty International and The New York Times reported that security forces fired live rounds from a police-station roof and nearby houses at crowds at Zahedan's Great Mosalla. The protest followed Friday prayers in solidarity with nationwide unrest and over alleged rape of a 15-year-old by a police commander. Iran: At least 82 Baluchi protesters and bystanders killed in bloody crackdown
- Sunni Friday prayer leader Abdolhamid says more than 40 were killed - Amnesty International reported that Mawlana Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi, Zahedan's outspoken Sunni Friday prayer leader, said in a video that forces on rooftops fired live ammunition at young protesters and into the Mosalla toward worshippers, killing more than 40 people. Iran: At least 82 Baluchi protesters and bystanders killed in bloody crackdown
- Amnesty: at least 82 Baluchi protesters and bystanders killed - Amnesty International said it had identified at least 66 people killed on 30 September and 16 more in later Zahedan incidents, while authorities blamed terrorists and separatists, a narrative Amnesty rejected. Iran: At least 82 Baluchi protesters and bystanders killed in bloody crackdown
- Anniversary protests mark Bloody Friday with chants against Khamenei - Reuters and BBC News reported that thousands protested again in Zahedan to mark Bloody Friday, with videos showing chants of death to Khamenei as unrest in the southeast continued. Iranians protest in southeast flashpoint, mark Bloody Friday