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Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 111
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Wednesday, January 4, 2022 – 8 PM GMT+1
- Days: 111
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 614 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
Iran’s nationwide uprising marked its 111th day on Wednesday with protesters across the country continuing various protest measures against the mullahs’ rule. Brave locals in different cities throughout Iran have also been marking the third anniversary of the elimination of Qassem Soleimani, former head of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force, by burning billboards and posters of his image. This is parallel to the ongoing campaign of people voicing their hatred of the mullahs’ regime by torching images and anything symbolizing regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
In a report that has shaken the regime’s security apparatus, Qassem Fattollahi, a ranking IRGC member in Tehran and commander of an IRGC paramilitary Basij base in the Iranian capital was gunned down outside of his home. Fattollahi suffered four gunshot wounds and most likely died at the scene, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, associated with the IRGC Quds Force.
January 4 – Marvdasht, south-central #Iran
A protester is seen tearing down a poster of former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.#IranRevolution2023 #FreeIran2023 pic.twitter.com/EgnQhDQAzx— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 4, 2023
In the capital, Tehran, a group of rebellious marched last night, chanting, “Death to Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!” “We’re the MEK & we’re fighting the mullahs!” “We have written with our blood that we sacrifice our lives for the people!”
Also in Tehran and in broad daylight on the side of a busy highway in Tehran. a brave young man wrote slogans on a big banner of Qassem Soleimani.
In Zahedan, southeast Iran, reports indicated authorities arrested dozens of locals in the city’s Kowsar Street today.
In Ilam, western Iran, workers, and employees of the Ilam Petrochemical Company went on strike. They first held a gathering at the company’s plant and then moved their rally outside the local governor’s office.
January 4 – Ilam, western #Iran
Workers and employees of the Ilam Petrochemical Company are on strike. They first held a gathering at the company plant and then moved their rally outside the local governor's office.#IranRevolution2023#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/fSnxduy2bb— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 4, 2023
In Javanrud, western Iran, in a desperate move, the regime’s authorities dispatched many security forces to the city’s judiciary building and installed security cameras in various areas.
In Semirom, central Iran, the regime’s authorities imposed martial law, according to local activists. Internet connections were heavily disrupted. Many people were arrested at night.
The brave teenagers of Eslamshahr south of the capital Tehran stoned the house of Khamenei’s representative in this city
The courageous youths of Hashtgerd west of Tehran destroyed the statue of Qassem Soleimani by splashing red paint on it.
Sabzevar, northeast #Iran
Protesters attacked a base of the regime's forces with Molotov cocktails.#IranRevoIution #FreeIran2023 pic.twitter.com/LPAgXowZYu— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 4, 2023
UPDATE: 3:30 PM CET
Resistance Units March on the Streets of Tehran
On December 3, a group of brave youth took to the streets of Tehran to initiate protests and encourage their fellow citizens to join them.
January 3 – Tehran, #Iran
Locals chanted anti-regime slogans:
"Death to Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!"
"We're the MEK & we're fighting the mullahs!"
"We have written with our blood that we sacrifice our lives for the people!"#IranRevolution2023#FreeIran2023pic.twitter.com/f3YIe79YAX— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 4, 2023
Despite the new wave of arrestments and albeit the high personal risk to be affiliated with the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization, this group of Resistance Units braved the regime’s crackdown apparatus and chanted through the night:
- For poverty, corruption, and soaring prices, we march toward regime change
- Death to the oppressor, whether the Shah or the leader
- Our first and last call is regime change
- We wrote with our own blood, we will die for this nation
- We are the MEK and we are combatting the mullahs
- Death to Khamenei, viva Rajavi
UPDATE: 9:00 AM CET
Iranians Respond to Regime’s Propaganda Machine
As a desperate regime, struggling with unprecedented defections and infighting, was trying to boost the morale of its tight follower base, and fake domestic support was supposed to turn the third anniversary of its slain IRGC Quds Force commander into a “national unity” week, the restive society proved its calculus wrong.
The brutal theocracy, masters of exploiting the ‘victimhood sentiment’ among the less educated masses, has run short of initiatives as the impoverished and oppressed nation is more aware than ever and as the Resistance Units have been risking their lives to lead the way and show how crackdown is to be defeated by sheer bravery.
The video below demonstrates how the regime’s efforts and long-thought preparations went in smoke in a matter of days if not hours.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Set To Be Labelled as Terrorist Group by UK
The UK is preparing to formally declare that Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) is a terrorist organisation.
The legal change would mean it becomes a criminal offence in the UK to belong to the group or support its activities.
Whitehall sources said no announcement was imminent and many details remained to be sorted out. But they said it was “broadly correct” to say the government intended to proscribe the IRGC. The proscription – first reported by the Daily Telegraph – would follow a similar decision made by the US in 2019.
Iranian Opposition Figures in Germany: 24 Suspected Agents
BERLIN taz | Nine investigations have been initiated against 24 suspected Iranian agents in Germany since 2018. This emerges from a response from the federal government to a small question from Left MP Clara Bünger. The taz has the answers. The federal government therefore assumes that Iranian opposition figures in Germany are the focus of the Iranian authorities.
The reply said there were no diplomats among the accused Iranian agents. The federal government did not provide any further details, citing a threat to the investigation.
Sen. Cruz’s Statement on 3rd Anniversary of the Elimination of Qasem Soleimani
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement about the third anniversary of the Soleimani mission:
“Three years ago, American military and intelligence efforts culminated in the killing of Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was an Iranian regime arch-terrorist with the blood of hundreds of Americans on his hands. He was engaged in ongoing plots to attack Americans and our allies around the world. The mission eliminating him significantly countered and undermined the Iranian regime’s ability to wage terrorism globally.
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET
European Parliament to Waive Immunity of Two MEPs in Corruption Case
BRUSSELS, Jan 2 (Reuters) – The European Parliament said on Monday it had begun a procedure to waive the immunity of two of its members after a request from Belgian judiciary investigating a European Union-Qatar corruption scandal. Two sources close to the investigation told Reuters the two MEPs were Belgian Marc Tarabella and Italian Andrea Cozzolino.
“Following a request from the Belgian judicial authorities, I have launched an urgent procedure for the waiver of immunity of two members of the European Parliament,” parliament president Roberta Metsola said on Twitter.
Iran’s Protests Resume as Regime Marks 3rd Anniversary of Soleimani’s Killing
January 3 marks the third anniversary of the killing of Qassem Soleimani, the former head of the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, in a U.S. drone attack just outside of Baghdad International Airport. Protesters and courageous locals across Iran are expressing their hatred of Soleimani, and the regime in its entirety, by using Molotov cocktails and homemade explosives to target Soleimani’s posters, banners, placards, and billboards. The regime’s sites, along with statues and billboards symbolizing the mullahs’ authoritarian dictatorship, are among other frequent targets. And people are specifically focusing on images and anything symbolizing regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his entire apparatus of oppressive forces.
Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared Writes of Her Support for Iran’s Uprising
While people across the world celebrated New Year’s Eve, Maryam Akbari Monfared marked the 13th year of her imprisonment in the dungeons of the Iranian regime. She described the regime’s prisons as “hell-like” in a letter that was published by the media.
Akbari Monfared, the mother of three, was arrested on December 29, 2009, on the charge of being a supporter of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). She was taken to Evin prison in the middle of the night, without a warrant, and under the pretext of providing explanations.
Retired Woman Soheila Ojaghi Accused of Leading Iran Protests
Retired paramedic Soheila Ojaghi has been sentenced to 6 years in prison in the primary court and is currently incarcerated in Qarchak prison. Due to her age, she is accused of being the leader of the Iran protests.
Soheila Ojaghi was born in 1967 in Gonbad Kavos and immigrated to Tehran with her family many years ago. She was arrested on November 15, 2022, in Tehran’s Parand Square. She was held in temporary detention for only one day, then transferred to Qarchak prison along with more than 400 other detainees.
NCRI Women’s Committee Calls To Support Women Imprisoned in Iran
A number of brave women and girls arrested during the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising have started hunger strikes to protest their prolonged detention, harassment, horrible prison conditions, bogus charges leveled against them, and lack of attendance to their cases.
Elham Modarresi, Armita Abbasi, and other women detained in a Karaj Prison were tortured and sexually assaulted by security forces before being transferred to the prison.
Iran’s Rebellious Youths Torched Qasem Soleimani’s Placards and Statues – Day 109 of Revolution
What today is going on in Iran is the result of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian girl, who died after being arrested by the morality police in mid-September. Her death ignited the fury and frustration that accumulated for months and even years as the result of the regime’s inhuman behavior, human rights violations, and corruption.
Farmers, steelworkers, and students specifically people from all walks of life and strata have paved this way. Lack of freedom, water, healthy air, payment, etc. is some of the reasons people are taking to the street.
The Joint Statement of Nine Canadian MPs, Condemning the Repression of Protesters and the Continuous Violation of Human Rights by the Iranian Regime
December 31, 2022: In a joint statement, nine Canadian MPs from the province of British Columbia condemned the violation of human rights and issuing death sentences to the detainees of the nationwide protests by the mullahs’ regime.
They announced that they take responsibility for the political support of a list of detainees under threat by the Iranian regime.
Toronto: On the Eve of New Year 2023, Iranian Resistance Supporters Expressed Solidarity With the Iran Revolution
Toronto, Canada—December 30, 2022: on the eve of New Year 2023, freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally to commemorate the martyrs of the nationwide Iranian Revolution.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – January 3, 2023
