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Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 151
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Monday, February 13, 2023 – 8 PM GMT + 1
- Days: 151
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 647 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
#Iran
Brave protester tears down a flag of the mullahs' regime.#IranRevoIution #مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/VyB8Bn18yO— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 13, 2023
Iran’s nationwide uprising marked its 151st day on Monday and entered its sixth month as Iranians throughout the country and the Diaspora across the globe are expanding their movement against the mullahs’ regime. Protesters in Tehran and other cities across Iran are braving all odds to continue their protests with growing momentum, using every opportunity to write anti-regime slogans, and torching pro-regime propaganda billboards, posters, and banners as well as writing graffiti with slogans such as “Death to Khamenei.”
Tehran, #Iran
A brave woman writes "Death to Khamenei" on a wall in the country's capital, referring to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.#IranRevoIution #مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/fFD0sPhW08— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 13, 2023
On Monday, retirees, and pensioners of the regime’s telecommunications industry in Tehran, Kermanshah, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Mashhad, and Ilam rallied again and protested their low pensions and poor economic conditions. This continues previous rallies held on the last two Mondays in the cities of Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Yazd, Rasht, Sanandaj, Kermanshah, Ahvaz, Ilam, Khorramabad, Shahrekord, and Urmia.
January 30 – #Iran
Retirees and pensioners of the regime's communications industry are protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.Kermanshah – Rasht – Sanandaj – Ahvaz#IranProtests2023#اعتراضات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/4mL2fzGVln
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 30, 2023
Workers of a copper mine in the city of Sirjan of Fars Province in south-central Iran were on strike on Monday for the fourth consecutive day. They were protesting paycheck delays that have continued for months and their inadequate insurance pensions that are depriving themselves and their families of the healthcare they need and deserve.
February 13 – Sirjan, south-central #Iran
Workers of a local copper mine are continuing their strike for a fourth day, protesting paycheck delays and not being provided adequate insurance pensions.#IranProtests2023#اعتصاب pic.twitter.com/aDu5lM6m8d— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 13, 2023
In Tehran, part-time workers and employees of the regime’s state oil company held a rally on Monday demanding their delayed bonuses. Many have been kept waiting for these bonuses since March 2022.
Workers of the Bardsir Mashiz steel factory in Kerman, south-central Iran, protested outside the local governor’s office on Monday. This factory has been shut down after 28 years and no company official is providing any answers to these workers.
Local municipality workers in the city of Ilam, western Iran, held a gathering protesting their delayed paychecks. Some of these workers have not been paid since June 2022.
February 13 – Ilam, western #Iran
Local municipality workers held a gathering protesting their delayed paychecks. Some of these workers have not been paid since June 2022.#IranProtests #اعتراضات_سراسرى pic.twitter.com/vFeuydeMKW— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 13, 2023
Disabled citizens rallied in Tehran today, demanding pensions that are owed to them and they have been denied for months, some for years. The regime has been constantly deducting from their own state budget officially allocated to disabled individuals.
February 13 – Tehran, #Iran
Disabled citizens are rallying and demanding pensions that are owed to them. The regime has been constantly deducting from the state budget allocated to disabled individuals.#IranProtests2023pic.twitter.com/LXOvqELXEs— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 13, 2023
UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET
Message To Iranian Demonstration in France on the Anniversary of the 1979 Anti-monarchical Revolution
Greetings to all of you who are standing here in this cold weather. For over 40 years, you have been present at any time and under any circumstances to convey the resounding NO of the Iranian people and the Resistance to religious fascism. We are grateful to our European and French friends and dignitaries who have always defended the Iranian Resistance for freedom and democracy. My salute to each and every one of you.
On the anniversary of the anti-monarchical revolution, we are reminded of the recent glorious uprising and the blood that still flows from the bodies of the Iranian people. The word of REVOLUTION has triumphed and broken the yokes of the Shah and the mullahs, and it shines bright, fighting on, and determined to bring freedom to victory.
Iran Uprising Belittles Regime’s 1979 Revolution Events, People Vow More Protests
While the regime ruling Iran sought to claim legitimacy through its annual 1979 revolution anniversary marches, the Iranian nation responded by boycotting the mullahs’ events across the country and delivering yet another embarrassment for regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his entire apparatus.
A massive crowd of freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and its cornerstone member, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), rallied in Paris today in solidarity with the ongoing Iran revolution protests in different Iranian cities against the mullahs’ regime.
The West Failed To Anticipate Iran’s 1979 Revolution, but It Need Not Repeat Its Mistake
Thousands of Iranian expatriates from across the globe will convene Sunday in Paris to mark the anniversary of Shah’s overthrow at the hands of a popular revolution that took much of the international community by surprise.
That they are expected to echo the sentiments of their compatriots inside the Islamic Republic who are actively seeking a new revolution to replace the existing theocratic dictatorship with a democratic form of government will hardly be lost on astute observers.
Democracy after all was the goal of most Iranian activists in 1979. The current rebellion inside the country is best understood as a continuation of the freedom movement that was hijacked by Ruhollah Khomeini.
Thousands Call For Terror Listing of Iran’s Guards in Paris Rally
Paris, Feb 12 (EFE).- Thousands took the streets of Paris on Sunday to show their support for the protests that have gripped Iran and called on the European Union to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a “terror” group.
The march was organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (CNRI), led by Maryam Rajavi, after monthslong protests in Iran which have been quashed by a violent crackdown.
According to organizers 10,000 people, many of them Iranians in exile took part with several keynote speakers at the march, including former speaker of the United Kingdom’s house of commons, John Bercow, former Belgian prime minister, Guy Verhofstadt, environmentalist and presidential candidate in Colombia’s May elections, Ingrid Betancourt.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – February 12, 2023
