attack on Izeh market

{{Short description|Armed attack at a public market in 2022}}

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| partof = Mahsa Amini protests

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| date = 16 November 2022

| place = Izeh, Khuzestan province, Iran

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| result = Violent crackdown on locals and protesters, 7 killed and many injured
Suspension of schools

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| combatant1 = Iranian security forces

| combatant2 = Protestors of the Death of Mahsa Amini

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| casualties3 = 7 killed, 15+ injured

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The attack on Izeh market was an armed attack at a public market on November 16, 2022 during the Mahsa Amini protests in the city of Izeh, Khuzestan province, Iran.{{Cite web |last=Sinaee |first=Maryam |date=December 23, 2022 |title=Internet, Phone Cut Off In Defiant Iranian Town After IRGC Attack |url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202212233683 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Iran International |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Fassihi |first=Farnaz |date=2022-11-19 |title=Iranian Protesters Attack Khomeini's Childhood Home as Unrest Spreads |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/world/middleeast/iran-protests-khomeini-children.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |issn=0362-4331}} Seven people died during this incident, including a child, Kian Pirfalak; and two teenagers, Artin Rahmani, and Sepehr Maghsoodi (the latter was killed by a bullet in his head).{{Cite web |date=2022-12-20 |title=Perpetrators of Izeh terrorist attack arrested |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/195179/Perpetrators-of-Izeh-terrorist-attack-arrested |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Three Arrested after Deadly Terrorist Attack in Iran's Khuzestan Province - Politics news |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2022/11/17/2805574/three-arrested-after-deadly-terrorist-attack-in-iran-s-khuzestan-province |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Tasnim News Agency |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=7 killed in terror attack in Izeh in southwest Iran |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/478773/7-killed-in-terror-attack-in-Izeh-in-southwest-Iran |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}} Many of the people killed were of the Bakhtiari tribe, and were not known to be attached to a political position.

The Iranian government declared this incident a terrorist act and claimed that it was carried out by ISIS, a militant Islamist group,{{Cite news |title=Iran Says Seven Killed In 'Terrorist Attack' In Izeh Amid Protests |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-seven-killed-terrorist-attack-izeh-protests/32135345.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}} but it was later denied.{{Cite news |date=2022-11-17 |title=Iran protests: Two boys shot dead by security forces, family sources say |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63661310 |access-date=2023-01-28}}