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UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET
Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 61
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 – 7 PM CET
- Days: 61
- Protests: 220 cities
- Fatalities: 550+ estimated deaths, 402 identified by MEK, over 50 teenagers
- Detentions: 30,000+
Storeowners, college and high school students, and people from all walks of life marked the third anniversary of the November 2019 uprising with general strikes and protests in dozens of cities across the country. The crucial business sector joined the protests in force today with more than 60 bazaars in 36 cities on strike.
November 15 – #Iran
People from all walks of life are on strike and students are boycotting their classes.
-Bazaar merchants
-Isfahan steel mill workers
-University students#IranRevoIution2022 #اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/l1BPf9ZT4F— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 15, 2022
Merchants in Tehran’s Great Bazaar closed their shops, protested against the regime and encouraged others to join their ranks. People in the city of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province, began installing roadblocks with fires and taking over their streets.
College and high school students in many cities boycotted classes and took to the streets to launch anti-regime rallies. More than 50 of the largest universities have reportedly participated in the uprising today.
The strikes spread to dozens of cities, including Fardis Karaj, Shahriar, Lahijan, Rasht, Sari, Babolsar, Babol, Tonakabon, Gorgan, Isfahan, Falavarjan, Shiraz, Yazd, Arak, Marvdasht, Najafabad, Miandoab, Zahedan, Bandar Abbas, Tabriz, Zanjan, Evaz, Sabzevar, Samirom, Kermanshah, Oshnavieh, Marivan, Saqqez, Bukan, Sanandaj, Kish Island, Abhar, and Bandar Ganaveh. In Tehran, shop owners of Manuchehri Bazaar and Tehranpars also joined the strikes.
November 15 – Bukan, northwest #Iran
Locals are on strike and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 61st day of the uprising.#IranRevolution#اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/GFcUevxZuI— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 15, 2022
Protests continued in at least 30 different locations in Tehran during the day, including Naziabad, Tehransar, Shahrak-e Gharb and Tehranpars districts, Janat Abad, Jomhuri, Valiasr, Amir Kabir and Ashrafi streets as well as metro stations such at Valiasr and Sadeghiyeh, the Grand Bazaar, and San’at Square. People chanted “death to the dictator”. Protesters resisted security forces and blocked roads while chanting anti-regime slogans, including, “We will fight, we will die, we will take back Iran,” “This is the year of sacrifice, Seyed Ali (Khamenei) will be overthrown”. In Tehran’s Enghelab Street, young protesters set the suppressive forces’ motorcycles on fire and chanted, “Mahsa, Hadith, Siavosh, Fire is our response to Fire”.
November 15 – Kermanshah, western #Iran
Protesters set fire to a join base of the regime's IRGC and paramiliary Basij forces in this city in the early hours after midnight local time.#IranRevolution2022#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/c1FectvWJQ— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 15, 2022
Mashhad high school students marched in the city, chanting “death to the dictator”. In Izeh, southwest, and in Shahr-e Kord, southern Iran, security forces fired teargas at the protesting crowds. In Arak, central Iran, the security forces used scattershot to disperse the crowd but to no avail. In Kamyaran, western Iran, the protests blocked the roads. In Marvdasht, Fars Province, southern Iran, an IRGC Basij base was set on fire. In Shiraz, the capital of the southern Fars Province, the protesters chanted slogans against the regime and the paramilitary Basij forces.
November 15 – Sanandaj, western #Iran
Scenes of protesters establishing roadblocks to take control of their streets and districts.#IranRevolution2022#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبرpic.twitter.com/YFMAjpF8Pc— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 15, 2022
Protests also continued in other cities, including Urmia, Mashhad, Babol, and Shiraz, where the people set roadblocks at the Molasadra crossroads and demonstrated. Videos obtained from Sanandaj show security forces opening fire on protesters. The people of Gohardasht, Karaj also held protest rallies.
November 15 – Sanandaj, western #Iran
The regime's security forces are opening fire on protesters, according to local activists.#IranRevolution2022#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/88jFpZHyiE— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 15, 2022
UPDATE: 12:30 PM CET
Us Navy: 70 Tons of Missile Fuel from Iran to Yemen Seized
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy said Tuesday it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran, the first-such seizure in that country’s yearslong war as a cease-fire there has broken down.
The Navy said the amount of ammonium perchlorate discovered could fuel more than a dozen medium-range ballistic missiles, the same weapons Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have used to target both forces allied to the country’s internationally recognized government and the Saudi-led coalition that supports them.
UPDATE: 8:30 AM CET
One Protester Sentenced to Death and Five Others Get 5-10 Years
The Mizan news agency which is run by the Iranian regime’s Judiciary announced on November 13: “Following the trial of a number of people accused of disturbances in Tehran province, a person who had set fire to a government headquarters was sentenced to death, on charges of disturbing public order, colluding to commit crimes against national security, waging war and corruption Moharebeh by arson (deliberate incitement and destruction).”
Also, five other protesters were sentenced to imprisonment from 5 to 10 years.
A demonstrator in #Tehran has been sentenced to death, while five others were handed prison sentences. As the #Iranian gov't works to crush the #MahsaAmini protests, the U.S. & our allies will continue to support #freedom & justice for the Iranian people. https://t.co/kxy4FN54gM
— Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member (@SenateForeign) November 14, 2022
Five Iran-related Oil Tankers Lose Their Flags Following U.S. Sanctions
HOUSTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – The international ship registries of Djibouti and the Cook Islands suspended the flags on five oil tankers, following sanctions by the United States this month for having facilitated oil trade for Hezbollah and Iran’s Quds Force, a nongovernment organization United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) said on Monday.
The U.S. Treasury Department in early November imposed sanctions on a wide network of companies, people and vessels accused of concealing the Iranian origins of shipments and exporting them around the world.
UPDATE: 12:00 AM CET
How Iran’s Revolution Mirrors Those of the Past
From creation, each and every individual on this earth is given the birthright to be free. This is what America’s founding fathers put into words when drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776, there are self-evident truths, with one being that every individual has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This was prompted by the benevolence of men who drafted that document or the philosophers of the Enlightenment but as an endowment from our creator, God Almighty.
Iran’s Nationwide Uprising Marks 60th Day of Relentless Protests
Iran’s nationwide uprising is marking a major milestone of 60 days on Monday following a day of protests by university students in many colleges across the country and people continuing their night rallies against the mullahs’ regime. These relentless anti-regime protests are continuing despite the fact that the ruling mullahs and their vast security apparatus are ramping up their crackdown measures.
60th Day of Iran Uprising; 3rd Day Memorial of Yalda Aghafazli
On the 60th day of the Iran uprising, the people of Tehran commemorated the third-day memorial of their beloved daughter, Yalda Aghafazli in a mosque in Sa’adatabad. Her friends chanted, “This flower is a gift to the nation.”
After the ceremony, they gathered outside and chanted anti-regime slogans. Security forces used to tear and pepper gas as well as pellet guns to disperse the crowd of protesters.
Tehran Attacks Iranian Kurds on Day 60 of Protests
On Monday, November 14, 2022, the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards launched a rocket-drone attack on Iranian Kurdish parties in the Kurdish region of neighboring Iraq, leaving at least two dead and 11 injured.
Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) severely condemned IRGC’s attack on Iranian Kurdish parties’ headquarters in Iraqi Kurdistan.
“I strongly condemn the IRGC’s criminal attack on Iranian Kurdish parties in Iraqi Kurdistan, with my condolences for the loss of our fellow Kurds and wish for the recovery of the wounded,” said NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi. “I urge the United Nations Security Council to investigate immediately this act of aggression violating int’l laws.”
Baluch Children, Youth’s Enforced Disappearances and More Executions in Zahedan
After several brutal killings of protesters in Zahedan and other cities in Sistan and Baluchistan Province, SE Iran, the Iranian authorities are further violating human rights by kidnapping children and youth. The kidnapped children and youth actively participated in protests by the Baluch people on Friday, November 11, 2022.
A 22-year-old Baluch, Mehrshad Talatof had disappeared suspiciously during the protests in Iranshahr on Friday, November 11, 2022. The body of the young protester was discovered by a municipal officer in Bampur on Saturday, November 12, 2022. Mehrshad Talatof, was a resident of Nasirabad, Sarbaz district.
Stuttgart—November 12, 2022: Iranian Resistance (NCRI and MEK) Supporters Held a Rally in Support of the Iran Protests
Stuttgart—November 12, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a photo exhibition of Iranian Revolution martyrs and rallied to support the Iranian people’s uprising.
Germany, Cologne—November 12, 2022: Iranian Resistance (NCRI and MEK) Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Protests
Germany, Cologne—November 12, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising.
The Netherlands, Amsterdam—November 11, 2022: Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Protests
The Netherlands, Amsterdam—November 11, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising.
Norway, Oslo—November 12, 2022: Iranian Resistance (NCRI and MEK) Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Protests
Norway, Oslo—November 12, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in front of the Norway Parliament in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – November 14, 2022
