A gaggle of near 100 Iranians and others in Salt Lake Metropolis joined protests world wide in solidarity with protesters in Iran on Saturday. (Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com)
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SALT LAKE CITY — Near 100 folks, principally Iranians dwelling in Utah, gathered at Washington Sq. Park and marched via downtown on Saturday to protest the Iranian authorities and up to date deaths within the nation.
A person named Mohammad, who got here to Utah from Iran in January to check on the College of Utah, mentioned they’re asking for the federal government to cease oppressing ladies, the proper to their lives, and freedom from the federal government.
“We would like ladies to be free, we wish life, we wish freedom. That is all we wish,” Mohammad mentioned.
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All of his household is in Iran, and he requested KSL.com to maintain his final title out of this text to guard them. He mentioned he has not been capable of contact them for about two months as a result of the web is shut down of their nation.
Whatever the lack of web, he mentioned the persons are nonetheless standing up, and this time he believes they’re extra united behind a revolution as a result of they know they want a regime change. Though there are lots of ethnicities in Iran and the federal government has inspired division, he mentioned he believes the persons are united proper now — citing a number of Iranian ethnicities represented on the protest.
“The Islamic regime tried to separate us. … We’re all united to kick down this regime,” Mohamad mentioned. “We’re all united due to ‘ladies, life, freedom.’”
Mohammad mentioned he was in Iran throughout Bloody November in 2019, when the federal government shut down the web and killed 1,500 folks over the span of three days.
Reuters reported protests over fuel costs morphed right into a protest towards the federal government, and Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered authorities officers to do no matter it took to cease the protests. Reuters mentioned about 1,500 folks had been killed via experiences from Iranian inside ministry officers, however worldwide human rights teams and america reported smaller numbers.
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Mohammad mentioned the world did not discover on the time. This protest, three years later, is certainly one of 150 protests world wide to recollect these folks and demand change.
A gaggle of near 100 Iranians and others in Salt Lake Metropolis joined protests world wide in solidarity with protesters in Iran on Saturday. Mohammad exhibits an indication that he made to carry through the protest and march. (Picture: Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com)
For him, the web shutdown made making use of for school in america a lot tougher. He was a pupil on the College of Tehran in Iran and was making use of for graduate packages in america, which required the web to ship purposes and take exams.
Mohammad mentioned he remembers one protest particularly on the College of Tehran. He was there and watched as police got here to close down the protest, folks had been arrested and killed.
“I fully really feel what is going on now, and this time is extra extreme as compared,” Mohammad mentioned. “This one is basically revolutionary.”
Saeed, an organizer of the protest who helps run Free Iran SLC additionally requested that his final title be withheld. He mentioned his mom nonetheless lives in Iran and he needs to maintain her protected and be capable of go to her sooner or later.
Though Saeed mentioned these protests led by Free Iran SLC have been taking place nearly each Saturday for the previous few months, along with occasions on the College of Utah, Saturday’s occasion was distinctive as a result of it coincided with a bigger worldwide protest in over 150 cities in reminiscence of Bloody November.
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However what motivates his actions is the folks which can be being killed now.
“It is simply continuous murdering and killing, and we simply, we simply must put an finish to it. We simply must cease it. We simply must do no matter we are able to to cease it,” Saeed mentioned.
He mentioned Iranians in Utah are attempting to do no matter they’ll to assist, and they’re additionally elevating cash for folks in Iran — households of 1000’s of individuals arrested for protesting and those that are putting and never going to work. He mentioned getting cash to them is difficult and dangerous, however they’re doing their greatest.
Saeed mentioned there’s a giant Iranian inhabitants in Utah, together with over 200 college students on the College of Utah who need to take part within the Iranian revolution and “be the Iranian folks’s voice.”
A gaggle of near 100 Iranians and others in Salt Lake Metropolis joined protests world wide in solidarity with protesters in Iran on Saturday. (Picture: Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com)
By protests in Utah, Saeed mentioned they’re hoping to boost consciousness and put strain on politicians to take motion to guard human rights in Iran and never help the Iranian regime. He mentioned even one small motion could make a distinction.
Some protestors wore sheets with purple handprints or had a purple handprint on their indicators. Saeed mentioned these symbolize individuals who have died, together with youngsters.
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“The Iranian regime is killing its personal folks. It is killing its personal folks, in order that’s why … we can not stand it,” Saeed mentioned.
About two weeks in the past, 227 members of Iran’s 290 parliament members signed a letter asking the judiciary to provide harsh sentences for arrested protesters, which may very well be 1000’s of individuals though the precise quantity will not be clear.
On Nov. 11, United Nations specialists urged Iranian authorities to not give costs punishable by dying for participation in peaceable demonstrations. A press launch mentioned they concern ladies and women who’ve been on the forefront of protests will likely be focused.
“We urge Iranian authorities to cease utilizing the dying penalty as a device to squash protests and reiterate our name to instantly launch all protesters who’ve been arbitrarily disadvantaged of their liberty for the only motive of exercising their respectable rights to freedom of opinion and expression, affiliation and peaceable meeting and for his or her actions to advertise and shield human rights and basic freedoms via peaceable means,” the specialists mentioned.
The U.N. mentioned 1000’s of peaceable protestors have been arrested since Sept. 16, after the dying of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly sporting her scarf too loosely and later died in police custody.
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Mohammad mentioned Amini is from a Kurdish space in western Iran; Mohammad is from an identical space and can be Kurdish and was actually impacted by her story.
“For greater than per week, I could not do something,” he mentioned.
He mentioned within the space many individuals have stopped working and are out on the streets chanting “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi,” Kurdish for ladies, life, freedom. He mentioned the mantra started in Kurdish, and is spreading via the world.
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Emily Ashcraft joined KSL.com as a reporter in 2021. She covers courts and authorized affairs, in addition to well being, religion and faith information.
Atlanta Hawks (18-18, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (9-25, 14th in the Western Conference)
Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST
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BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta will aim to break its three-game road skid when the Hawks face Utah.
The Jazz have gone 2-12 at home. Utah allows the most points in the Western Conference, giving up 118.4 points and is allowing opponents to shoot 47.8%.
The Hawks are 8-11 on the road. Atlanta is eighth in the league with 12.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Clint Capela averaging 3.3.
The Jazz are shooting 46.1% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points lower than the 47.6% the Hawks allow to opponents. The Hawks average 117.1 points per game, 1.3 fewer than the 118.4 the Jazz allow.
TOP PERFORMERS: John Collins is averaging 17.9 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Jazz.
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Jalen Johnson is averaging 19.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.5 steals for the Hawks.
LAST 10 GAMES: Jazz: 4-6, averaging 114.7 points, 47.6 rebounds, 25.3 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.0 points per game.
Hawks: 4-6, averaging 118.1 points, 43.3 rebounds, 29.3 assists, 11.2 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.4 points.
INJURIES: Jazz: Keyonte George: out (heel), John Collins: out (personal), Jordan Clarkson: day to day (plantar ), Taylor Hendricks: out for season (fibula), Lauri Markkanen: out (back).
Hawks: Kobe Bufkin: out for season (shoulder), Larry Nance Jr.: out (hand), Bogdan Bogdanovic: day to day (leg), Jalen Johnson: out (shoulder), Cody Zeller: day to day (personal).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL.com) — Unified police on Saturday located the body of a missing woman in a remote location in Tooele County. The woman was murdered, police say, and now they are looking for her “violent ex-boyfriend” in connection with her death.
On Thursday, the family of Talia Benward reported to Unified police that she was missing.
“As the investigation developed and evidence was gathered, it became evident Talia Benward was either being held against her will by a violent ex-boyfriend or was deceased,” Unified police said in a statement Sunday.
Beginning in the early morning hours on Saturday, police searched a remote area of Tooele County where they thought she could be. The large area is “covered with tall brush and cedar trees” and was being conducted in “nearly total darkness and frigid snowy conditions.”
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Benward’s body was located at 5:20 a.m. Saturday with the assistance of the Salt Lake City and Weber County K-9 teams, police said.
“Preliminarily, it appears the victim may have suffered from blunt force trauma and trauma to her neck area,” the statement says.
The Unified Police Department is treating Benward’s death as a homicide and is asking for the public’s help in locating Nestor Rocha-Aguayo, 24, of West Valley City, who they say is a person of interest. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 801-840-4000.
“We do believe he is still in Salt Lake County and are asking individuals to not confront him but to call police,” the statement says.
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A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives.
On Jan. 5, 1974, a major winter storm moved across southern Utah, dropping more than a foot of snow on Kanab and St. George and causing numerous traffic accidents.
Nationally, year-round daylight saving time had begun in the U.S. on a trial basis as a fuel-saving measure in response to the OPEC oil embargo.
But Californians, southern Nevadans and residents of Utah’s Dixie — where the sun always shined was dealing with a soggy storm track. The rarely seen snowstorms, snarled traffic all along I-15. Victorville, California, reported 21 inches of fluffy snow on Jan. 4.
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In St. George, a storm had hit on New Year’s Day, then on Jan. 4-5, the snow hit the Arizona Strip, Washington and Kane counties and beyond.
According to the Deseret News, ”a population explosion of snowmen and snowball fights” were reported. The same Deseret News article reported many St. George residents walked to church rather than risk the drive on icy roads.
Storms in that area of the state — usually the Beehive State’s winter playground — are rare but not unheard of. Similar storms in 1894, 1919, 1993, 2006, 2007 and 2008 found their way into the record books.
But on Jan. 5, 10 inches fell in St. George.
Here are some articles from Deseret News archives about snow in southern Utah, why snowbirds love to fly to St. George and Utah’s weather history:
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“Snow hits Utah from Ogden to St. George”
“Rare coating of snow in Dixie creates travel troubles”
“‘83 floods top Utah’s ‘disaster’ list: Tornado, avalanche, cold also rank high for century
“Snowbirds flocking to St. George”
Snow blankets palm trees and redrock in St. George on Thursday, Dec.18, 2008, after storms moved across the area. The storm closed schools, delayed flights and caused problems on the roads.
“Rare snowstorm traps I-15 motorists overnight on Arizona Strip”
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“Snow in Utah’s Dixie”
“The snow is a gift that I don’t really want anymore”
The front page of the Deseret News Metro section on Jan. 7, 1974, recapping a weekend of snow accumulation in Utah’s Dixie, including 10 inches of snow that fell on Dec. 5.
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