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The Student Protesters Leading Political Unrest in Iran
Documents pinpoint student leaders as inspiring the protest, with resistance units standing up to Iran’s paramilitary guards despite crackdowns on the protests sparked three months ago over the death of Kurdistan woman Mahsa Amini.
At least 470 demonstrators have been killed and more than 18,000 arrested since mid-September, according to human rights organisations — with young people making up the brunt of those killed, as Iran starts its first public executions.
Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 108
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Sunday, January 1, 2022 – 8 PM GMT+1
- Days: 108
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 601 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
Happy New Year, 2023. The New Year arrived as the world is witnessing a revolution unfolding in Iran. Brave Iranians, especially women and youth in various cities are constantly taking to the streets in their anti-regime protests while chanting slogans against the clerical leadership. They are specifically targeting the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his entire apparatus of suppressive forces.
January 1 – Javanrud, western #Iran
Locals are on strike and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 108th day of the uprising.#IranRevolution2023#اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/iqSeNgEPJg— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 1, 2023
Early reports on Sunday morning indicated that merchants and storeowners in the city bazaar of Javanrud were on strike in solidarity with the ongoing protests against the regime in this city and across the country. Similar strikes were reported in a section of Tehran’s famous Grand Bazaar, the city of Marivan in Kurdistan Province, and Kermanshah, western Iran.
January 1 – Tehran, #Iran
Locals in a section of the bazaar are on strike, continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 108th day of the uprising.#IranRevolution2023#اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/WfIheaVVZf— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 1, 2023
On the eve of the anniversary of the elimination of Qassem Soleimani, the notorious Qods Force chief In Tehran, locals burned a large billboard of former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.
Also in Tehran, investors of the King Money institution held a rally demanding their stolen money be returned. And in the city of Dehloran, western Iran, workers and employees of the city’s petrochemical site were on strike.
January 1 – Tehran, #Iran
Investors of the King Money institution rallying and demanding their stolen money to be returned.#IranRevolution2023 #اعتراضات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/PnJ67aDhjL— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 1, 2023
In other reports from the Iranian capital, Tehran University music students boycotted their classes today protesting the fact that their professors’ paychecks had been suspended for supporting the college students in the ongoing Iranian revolution.
In Anzali, northern Iran, youths torched a regime propaganda poster.
Anzali, northern #Iran
Protesters torched a regime propaganda poster.#IranRevolution2023#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبرpic.twitter.com/XQrqzRris5— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 1, 2023
In various cities across Iran, including Najafabad, Isfahan, Bandar Abbas, Marvdasht, Zahedan, Bushehr, Shahr-e Qods, Neka, Karaj, Rudsar, Fardis, and Golshahr-e Karaj, IRGC bases and regime symbols were targeted by protesters.
In Bandar-e Anzali, northern Iran, large images of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi and opposition coalition NCRI’s President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi were projected on a building.
December 29 – Bandar-e Anzali, northern #Iran
Large images of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi and opposition coalition NCRI President-elect@Maryam_Rajavi, portrayed on a building.#IranRevolution#آزادی_آزادی_آزادی pic.twitter.com/JG0n3B3w54— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 1, 2023
UPDATE: 12:00 PM CET
Iran Sees Continued Rallies in Support of Strikes and Killed Protesters
Iran’s nationwide uprising is marking its 107th day on Saturday with protesters taking to the streets in support of merchants and storeowners who have been on strike in different periods of the ongoing Iran revolution campaign against the mullahs’ regime.
Protests in Iran have to this day expanded to at least 282 cities. Over 750 people have been killed and more than 30,000 are arrested by the regime’s forces, according to sources of Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The names of 601 killed protesters have been published by the PMOI/MEK.
How the Iranian Regime Tries To Evade Accountability for Deaths of Protesters
In this last episode of 2022, we will have an overview of a method the Iranian regime most commonly used in the recent uprising to evade accountability for the murder of protesters. Of course, we are going to focus on the cases of women.
During more than 100 days of the Iran uprising, we have frequently run into cases where the deaths of protesters have been officially attributed to accidents, suicides, chronic diseases, etc.
What Lies Ahead for Iran and Its People in 2023? – Iran Revolution Day 107
What lies ahead for Iran and its people in 2023 will be significant for them and the entire Middle East, especially after the nationwide uprising in 2022 that started in mid-September following the regime’s morality police killing of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini. This will be going to be a pivotal year for Iran.
A country with an 85 million population is on the path of a new revolution, which has created the biggest challenge for the ruling mullahs since they seized the country. Just as things changed suddenly in the late 1970s, things could change suddenly now.
Paris and Malmö—December 29, 2022: Iranian Resistance Supporters Expressed Solidarity With the Iran Protests and Honored the Martyrs
Paris and Malmö—December 29, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held rallies and exhibitions to commemorate the martyrs of the nationwide Iranian Revolution.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – December 31, 2022
