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UPDATE: 8:00 PM CET
Iran Uprising at a Glance
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Thursday, April 13, 2023 – 8 PM GMT + 1
- Days: 210
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 675 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
Iran’s nationwide uprising marked its 210th day on Thursday as protesters in various cities of Iran continue their anti-regime measures once again through a renewed campaign of night rallies to express their utter hatred of the ruling dictatorship. Reports tallied by the Iranian opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), suggests there have been more torching of pro-regime propaganda posters across the Iranian capital Tehran.
April 12 – Bandar Abbas, southern #Iran
Locals were protesting and blocking roads with fires on the 209th night of the Iranian people's anti-regime uprising.#IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/F76SlkR4mn— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 13, 2023
On Wednesday night, protesters in Rasht, northern Iran, torched a propaganda poster. This was in addition to the defiant youth’s operations, such as attacking the IRGC paramilitary Basij bases in Tehran, Shiraz, and Hamadan.
The MEK’s Resistance units have launched a new wave of anti-regime measures in Tehran and other cities in response to the mullahs’ compulsory hijab regulations and targeting of innocent schoolgirls in chemical gas attacks. Some of these measures include:
– MEK Resistance Units torched a sign associated with the regime’s Intelligence Ministry in Dezful
April 12 – Tehran, #Iran
Locals in the capital's Shahrak-e Bagheri district began chanting anti-regime slogans, including:
"Down with the dictator!"
"Down with the child-killing regime!"#IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/GY7MlzWmVT— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 12, 2023
– MEK Resistance Units torched images of Khamenei and former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in the cities of Sari, Rafsanjan, and Qazvin.
Locals in Tehran’s Punak and Shahrak-e Bagheri districts, and the town of Pardis in Tehran Province, were chanting anti-regime slogans on Wednesday night, including:
- “Down with Khamenei!”
- “Down with the dictator!”
- “Protests will not end!”
- “Release political prisoners!”
- “Down with the child-killing regime!”
April 12 – Tehran, #Iran
Protesters have been torching more pro-regime propaganda posters across the Iranian capital.#IranRevolution #IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/agPL16gr6y— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 13, 2023
In Bandar Abbas, a major portal city in southern Iran, locals took to the streets to launch anti-regime protests and block roads on Wednesday night. Those demonstrating in the streets were also chanting anti-regime slogans, including:
- “Khamenei, we will bury you!”
- “This is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) is overthrown!”
Rasht, northern #Iran
Protesters see torching pro-regime propaganda posters.#IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/flM3bd27vR— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 13, 2023
In this week’s Iran uprising brief, we have included a short video clip on the activities of MEK-affiliated Resistance Units in Iran for the week of April 2 to April 8, which sheds light on the scale of activities undertaken inside Iran at great risk.
Severe Rainfall and Flooding in Six Provinces in Iran
Showers that started on Wednesday in several provinces in Iran continued on Thursday, causing floods and torrents. According to official accounts, so far, three people have been reported as dead because of the flooding.
State media have reported that 24 provinces are facing the risk of flooding. Twenty-five cities in six provinces of East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Ilam, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and Lorestan are already affected by floods.
In the past 24 hours, Ilam province witnessed heavy rains, which caused damages such as the destruction of the Mosli Dam in Ilam and the flooding of 21 residential units. The director general of nomadic affairs in Ilam province announced the disconnection of 70% of the roads in Ilam province.
The head of the regime’s Red Crescent Organization in Qazvin announced a citizen of the eastern Alamut district of Qazvin was missing. He said: “Today, the flood swept away a 60-year-old woman in this area.”
UPDATE: 1:30 PM CET
US Fires ‘Warning Shot’ at EU Over Drive for IRGC Terror Prescription
More than 130 members of the US Congress have fired a “warning shot” to the EU in a letter calling for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be declared a terrorist organisation and proscribed.
Addressed to the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the group said Iran was a “leading state sponsor of terror” that has for decades “freely and openly carried out plots targeting citizens in countries across the EU”.
As US President Joe Biden prepared to arrive in Northern Ireland on Tuesday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the conversation in Washington was centered on Iran.
Iran 2022 Executions Surge in Bid to ‘Spread Fear’: Rights Groups
AFP – Iran hanged 75 percent more people in 2022 that the previous years, two rights groups said on Thursday, denouncing an “execution machine” aimed at spreading fear as protests shook the country.
The figure of at least 582 executions was the highest since 2015 in Iran and well above the figure of 333 in 2021, the report by Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) said.
Last year was marked by the eruption in September of nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old ethnic Kurd who had been arrested for allegedly violating the strict dress rules for women.
UPDATE: 9:30 AM CET
Iran Sees Continuing Night Rallies Against the Mullahs’ Regime
Protesters in various cities of Iran are continuing their anti-regime measures once again through a renewed campaign of night rallies to express their utter hatred of the ruling dictatorship. The capital Tehran and the city of Bandar Abbas in the south have been witnessing locals protesting and chanting and slogans against the mullahs’ autocracy, while also taking to the streets, blocking roads, and torching pro-regime propaganda posters. People throughout Iran continue to specifically hold the mullahs’ Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and paramilitary Basij units, alongside other security units that are on the ground suppressing the peaceful demonstrators.
Confession of Forgery of the Titles Ayatollah and Hojat Al-islam by Some Clergymen
In an investigation into titles such as “Ayatollah” and “Hojat al-Islam” by some members of the “Assembly of Researchers and Teachers” of Qom Seminary, it has been mentioned that these titles are fake. Recently, on February 16, 2023, Mohsen Ranani, a senior Iranian economist, in an article titled “Collapse,” examined the four stages of the collapse of governments in general and the Wilayat-e-Faqih reign, stating that three stages of the four stages of the collapse of the Wilayat-e-Faqih reign had occurred during the last year protests and only the fourth stage of the collapse of the government remained.
London, England—April 8, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution
London, England—April 8, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution. The Iranian community in London supported their rising compatriots and pledged to continue to call for freedom and democracy in Iran.
Stockholm, Sweden—April 8, 2023: MEK Supporters Rally to Support the Iran Revolution
Stockholm, Sweden—April 8, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in front of the Swedish parliament in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – April 12, 2023
