They are part of a lucrative, multibillion-dollar business that fills the pockets of tens of domestic and foreign companies that either produce, sell or import them to Iran. Such equipment has killed, directly or indirectly, hundreds of Iranians and have endangered the lives and health of thousands of others. Reports show that security forces are using a range of anti-riot and military equipment to smash the widespread protests, including armored vehicles rammed into crowds, shotguns that fire different types of pellets, riot-control guns used to launch teargas canisters and stun grenades, military weapons aimed at killing demonstrators, and CCTV cameras to identify them. The number of casualties recorded over the past seven weeks illustrates the unrelenting violence to which the mostly peaceful protestors, from children to the elderly, as well as passers-by and onlookers are being submitted. The crackdown by the Islamic Republic of Iran on the nationwide protest movement triggered by the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police has intensified day by day.
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