Supporters protest Iranian regime

Dr Mira Harrison, of Dunedin, holds a placard featuring Iranian doctor Ebrahim Rigi at a rally in the Octagon yesterday. Amnesty International says Dr Rigi is at risk of being executed by the Iranian government. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIENA member of Dunedin’s Iranian diaspora says it is is extremely stressful being unable to contact her overseas family due to an internet blackout, amidst an escalating crackdown on protesters by the state’s theocratic regime. "They’re killing people randomly — even if you’re passing in the street and there’s a protest happening there, they just shoot randomly," she said. She hoped the Iranian embassy in New Zealand would be closed, and the country would do more to support the voices of Iranian women.