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UPDATE: 9:00 PM CET
Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 196
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Thursday, March 30, 2023 – 8 PM GMT + 1
- Days: 196
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 675 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
On this 196th day of Iran’s nationwide uprising, more protests are spreading across Iran despite the regime’s heavy crackdown measures and threats to impose massive financial fines on violators of strict dress code laws and other restrictions on the people’s basic rights. Iran’s economy is in deep waters, and more people are not only living from paycheck to paycheck but also finding it extremely difficult to make ends meet and put food on the table for their families.
Defiant youth in Rasht, northern Iran, targeted the regime’s municipality building located in the city’s District 4 area on Wednesday night local time and set it on fire.
MEK Resistance Units and defiant youth also undertook new activities against the regime’s sites and interests in various cities across the country.
- Defiant youth attacked a building in Mashhad used by the mullahs’ regime to promote their ideology of hatred, misogyny, and fundamentalism. The attack led to a fire at the site.
- Defiant youth targeted the regime’s Foreign Ministry Representative Office in the city of Kermanshah in western Iran. The attack led to a fire at the site. They also attacked the so-called “Khomeini Relief Center” in the city of Kish in southern Iran and set it on fire.
- Defiant youth threw Molotov cocktails at IRGC paramilitary Basij sites in the cities of Mashhad, Hamadan, Bushehr, and Mahabad, setting them on fire.
- MEK-affiliated Resistance Units torched large images of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the cities of Yazd, Babol, and Qeshm and a large image of the eliminated IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani in Tehran.
#Iran—MEK Resistance Units launched marches in recent days & began chanting anti-regime slogans in Tehran, Mashhad, Shiraz, Shahrekord & Kashan. They’re slogans included:
“Down with Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!”
“Down with oppressors, be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!”#IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/l1naIxfznH— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 29, 2023
- MEK-affiliated Resistance Units had staged marches in recent days, chanting anti-regime slogans in Tehran and other cities, including Mashhad, Shiraz, Shahrekord, and Kashan. Their slogans included:
“Down with Khamenei! Hail to Rajavi!”
“The world should know that Massoud (Rajavi) is our leader. The National Liberation Army of Iran is our final response.”
“Down with oppressors, be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!”
“Freedom will be established with the motto of ‘We can and we must’!”
“Democracy and equality with Maryam Rajavi!”
“No to monarchy! No to [mullahs’ regime]! Democracy and equality!”
“Poverty-Corruption-High prices! We’re going to overthrow the regime!”
UPDATE: 4:00 PM CET
Iran’s Currency Continues to Dive
In an upward trend since the beginning of the new year on the Persian calendar, once again, the dollar crossed the 53 thousand toman threshold. Consequently, inflation continues to rise in the basic goods market.
According to some economic experts, the reason for the renewed upsurge is actually a rebound from the shock that was initiated following the agreement between Tehran and Riadh. These sources say the shock in the foreign exchange market caused a slight drop in the price of the dollar in early March.
The price of the US dollar versus the Iranian Rial experienced a record high of 60,000 tomans from 26,000 tomans in April 2022 and then went down for only two weeks.
US Should Target Iranian-backed Militias in Syria and Iraq – US General
At the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, US General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the US should target the Iranian regime’s Quds Force “harshly” in order to deter future rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed militias on US troops in Syria and Iraq.
“We do know that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard [Corps], and specifically their Quds Force — which is a designated terrorist organization — that group there is what we need to be targeting, and targeting them very harshly over time, and that’s exactly what we plan on doing,” Milley told US lawmakers.
The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that Iran, China, and Russia are getting closer and this rapprochement will be “problematic” for the United States “for many years to come”.
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET
Teachers Across Iran Launch Major Protests as Uprising Continues
Iran’s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 195th day on Wednesday following many rallies by teachers across the country on Tuesday. Many cities of Iran saw teachers gather outside their local Education Departments protesting poor economic conditions, low paychecks, and inadequate working conditions. The protesting teachers were demanding the release of their unjustly jailed colleagues.
People throughout the country are specifically holding the mullahs’ Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and paramilitary Basij units, alongside other security units that are on the ground suppressing the peaceful demonstrators.
Exposing Hidden Realities: How Media Censorship Helps Iran’s Regime
In recent years, Iran has experienced a series of nationwide protests that have shaken the foundations of the ruling regime.
While the protests have been sparked by various issues, including corruption, economic hardships, and the regime’s draconian laws, they are backed by decades of outrage toward the regime’s suppression of the most basic freedoms. The protests have been met with a heavy-handed response from the regime, with thousands killed and thousands more arrested.
Failure of Project “Raisi”; Whispers Transformed Into Shouts in 2022!
The governmental website Etemad Online (27, March 2023) in an article entitled “Rebellion of fundamentalists against Raisi” quotes Montjabnia, a former member of the reactionary parliament, as saying: “Currently, all the groups present in the fundamentalist faction, which is represented by Raisi in the government, are not behind the government. Raisi could not create unity and consensus in the fundamentalist faction.”
As an example, Montjabnia adds: “A person like Ahmad Tavakoli… wrote a very sharp and well-reasoned letter and strongly attacked and protested against the government. In many cases, Bahonar, Nategh Noori, and many famous personalities and unknown figures in the fundamentalist faction have opposed the government because they clearly see that many of the decisions that are made and the policies that are carried out are wrong.”
Zurich, Switzerland—March 28, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution
Zurich, Switzerland—March 28, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition of the martyrs of the nationwide protests killed by the mullahs’ regime in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – March 29, 2023