# @middleeastmatters on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/ClM_RmDPrzG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18971466-middleeastmatters-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/7bcd5ff615.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-11-21T00:30:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Middle East Matters (MEM) (@middleeastmatters) — https://gondola.cc/middleeastmatters

## Caption

“The pellet guns were replaced with warfare guns,” said Ismail, a 38-year-old protester in Bukan.

Since Saturday, the Islamic Republic has deployed heavily armed military forces to quash protests in the Kurdish city of Mahabad and other cities in northwestern Iran. 

#kurdistan #MiddleEastMatters

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