Njengamavidiyo amadlingozi we izikhukhula ezibulalayo ishiya izimoto ezicekelwe phansi kanye nomunye umonakalo ozungeza ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zase-Irani, abantu base-Irani abajwayelekile benza okusemandleni ukusiza izakhamizi ezithintekile, okuhlanganisa abahambi amaholide abo e-Nowruz aphazamiseke kungazelelwe. Ngenkathi egxeka uhulumeni ngokungaphenduli kwakhe ngokwanele ezikhukhuleni ezibulalayo ezicekele phansi izwe, abantu base-Irani abavamile benza imizamo yokusiza abaswele kanye nalabo abangenamakhaya.

Izikhukhula zemizuzu engu-10 edolobheni laseShiraz, okungenzeka ukuthi iyindawo ethandwa kakhulu izivakashi eningizimu yezwe, zabulala okungenani abangu-18 futhi zalimaza nabanye abaningi ngoMashi 25. Iningi labashonile kuthiwa bekuyizivakashi. Manje, abantu bendawo lapho okwazalelwa khona izincwadi zasendulo zase-Iranian bamemela amaholide abo ethukile emakhaya abo, babanikeza ukuhlala nokudla okungenamibandela. “Zonke izinkonzo zizohlinzekwa mahhala kuze kube yilapho isimo sezulu esibi sincipha,” kufundeka isingqwembe esasiphethwe yivolontiya eShiraz. Abanye baze banikele ngokulungiswa kwemizimba yamahhala ezimotweni ezilimale ngenxa yemvula. Amahhotela amaningana endawo nezindawo zokudlela zijoyine umkhankaso ozenzakalelayo, obizwa ngokuthi “My Guest.”

Imizamo efanayo iyaqhubeka yokuletha usizo oludingeka kakhulu kulabo abathinteke kakhulu ezifundazweni ezisenyakatho yeGolestan naseMazandaran. Usizo lugeleza ngendlela yeminikelo yemali kanye nezinto eziyisisekelo eziqoqwe emiphakathini yonkana e-Iran, okuhlanganisa nalezo ezisalulama ekuzamazameni komhlaba okulimazayo kwango-2017 entshonalanga yezwe.

Uhulumeni kaMongameli u-Hassan Rouhani ube ngaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu ngokubonakala kwehlulekile ukubhekana nale nhlekelele. Naye umengameli ubhekene nengwadla ngokuhlala kude nezindawo ezihlaselwe yizikhukhula. Ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa kulandela izimvula ezinamandla, manje useye ezindaweni ezisenyakatho eyobheka imisebenzi yokusiza. Uhulumeni usethembise u-7.1 trillion ($ 169 million) njengesinxephezelo semindeni ethintekile.

I-Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps enamandla nayo isungule ubukhona obuqinile. Umkhuzi wamasosha, u-Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, ubonakale evakashela izindawo ezicekelwe phansi enyakatho yezwe ezicwile emanzini. Nakuba bobabili uhulumeni kanye ne-IRGC bengenelele, abanye abantu base-Irani bahumusha izithembiso zokukhululeka okwengeziwe njengokuhlehliswa kokukhangisa okuhloswe ukudicilela phansi isithunzi sabo futhi kugxile embangweni wezepolitiki phakathi kwabalingani nabaqinile.

Uphenyo lokuqala ngenhlekelele ebulalayo eShiraz manje selukhombe ubudedengu njengembangela enkulu yokufa kwabantu. Ngokombiko wethimba elibhekelele izinkinga, enye yezindawo ezindala zamanzi edolobheni ivinjwe iziphathimandla zendawo, mhlawumbe ngenhloso yokuhlela amadolobha, okuholele ekuchichimeni okucekela phansi.

Khonamanjalo, umbusi wesifundazwe saseFars uphawule ukuthi sekukhishwe izexwayiso emasontweni amabili ngaphambi kwenhlekelele. Kodwa abanye abasebenzisa izinkundla zokuxhumana baphikisa ngokuthi yonke imigwaqo eholela endaweni okufike kuyo izikhukhula bekufanele ivalwe. “Ungakwazi kanjani ukuvimba abantu kodwa ukwazi ukuvala ithuna laseCyprus the Great ngosuku lwakhe lokukhumbula?” umuntu oyedwa kuTwitter. Minyaka yonke, abashisekeli bobuzwe base-Irani bahlela umcimbi woSuku lukaKoresi ngo-Oct. 29 ukuze bakhumbule umsunguli woMbuso Wase-Achaemenid. Kepha eminyakeni yamuva nje izinhlelo ziye zavinjwa ukuvinjwa kwezokuphepha yiRiphabhulikhi yamaSulumane, ebona lezi zenzo njenge-pro-monarchist.

Ukusabalala kwezikhukhula ezinkulu kuhlanganisa nokunye okuvela emlandweni wakudala wase-Iran. Itshe lesikhumbuzo sePersepolis, eliqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-60 (37 miles) enyakatho-mpumalanga yeShiraz, kubikwa ukuthi alikathinteki phakathi kwezikhukhula. Ngokwezikhulu zendawo, imisele engaphansi komhlaba eyakhiwa amaPheresiya asendulo ukuze kugwenywe izikhukhula yayivikela iNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO. Lezi zindaba zenze abantu abaningi base-Irani banconywa, abaqhathanise phakathi kukahulumeni okhona manje nokusingatha izinkinga ezifana nalezo zokhokho babo.

Nokho naphezu kokuhlukumezeka, izikhukhula azikhiqizanga izindaba ezibuhlungu kuphela. Kwasabalala izithombe zezithandani ezimamathekayo ebezihlele umshado wazo esifundazweni saseGolestan ngoMashi 28. Banqume ukwenza lo mcimbi kusenesikhathi. Esikhundleni sehholo elikhulu, umakoti nomkhwenyana bashada ngaphambi kokuba omunye ashiye indawo yokuhlala yesikhashana.