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Iran News in Brief – October 23, 2022

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UPDATE: 11:30 PM CEST

Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 38

Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran

Sunday, October 23, 2022 – 9 PM CET

Following yesterday’s extensive and expansive protests throughout Iran, footage submitted from inside Iran today, showed university students marching and protesting on Sunday in yet another show of defiance against the regime of Ali Khamenei.

Footage from Tehran, showed students of Allameh Tabatabai University chanting, “Death to the dictator!” in reference to Ali Khamenei. They were confronting a group of Basij militiamen who were waving the regime’s flag with the regime’s insignia. Other video clips showed university students demonstrating and clashing with security forces at Sharif University in Tehran as well as the universities of Dezful, Yazd, Khomeini Shahr, Karaj, and Gohardasht among other cities. In Tabriz, students chanted, “This is the last message; the entire state is the target.”

The gathering of families of political prisoners outside Evin Prison in Tehran continues after the regime’s brutal and premeditated murder of prisoners last week.

In Hamedan, protesters attacked an IRGC paramilitary Basij center with Molotov cocktails last night.

 

UPDATE: 8:30 PM CEST

Wary of Iran Uprising, Rival Factions Argue on Internet Shutdown

Signifying the regime’s decision to ban Instagram and WhatsApp, Gholamreza Jalali, head of the regime’s Passive Defense Organization, said on October 22: “These two platforms (Instagram and WhatsApp) have shown in the past that they are not subject to the laws of the Islamic Republic and refused to accept the conditions defined for them by the Ministry of Communications. In recent incidents, they coordinated with the enemy abroad and this has been proven. Therefore, the country’s Security Council decided to stop the activity of these platforms.”

Meanwhile, warning that internet censorship will inflict more costs on the regime, the state-run newspaper Setareh Sobh wrote today: “Shutting down the internet accumulates hatred in people’s chests and finally shows itself on the street and is going to be costly for the country. Therefore, restricting access to Instagram and WhatsApp not only silences the protest but also increases the consequences of the protest. It seems that the authorities are lagging behind the demands of the people and this lagging behind causes imbalance. Dissatisfaction renders the protest to sometimes be expressed in the form of violence, which is costly for both the people and the government.”

During his speech at the Friday prayer sermon, Khamenei’s representative in Ardebil, Hassan Ameli, said: “Anyone who enters cyberspace puts their hand on a trigger. If this trigger is pulled, sometimes the damage caused by the trigger is higher than thousands of cannons and tanks.”

UPDATE: 1:30 PM CEST

The New Generation Is Done with Us, Former Official Says

On October 22, as another indication that Iran’s society is done with the entire ruling establishment, particularly the fraudulent “moderate” faction inside the regime, the state-run Etemad newspaper allocated an entire piece entitled “The call for peace, dialogue and reform has ended/ the young society is done with us”.

The author, Fayaz Zahed, an advisor to two ministers during the Rouhani presidency and someone who prides himself to be a war veteran fighting for this regime, writes: “You can’t believe how much pledges to calmness, dialogue, reform, negotiation, logic, etc. has become tough (these days); not tough, rather it is over. This is the biggest threat to the psychological and political stability of the country.”

“But if you ask me for a solution, I have no answer. I can’t even explain it to my own daughters, let alone the students or the outer audience. If I’d answer it fairly about who is responsible for this situation, I’d say that the share of the Islamic Republic of Iran is undoubtedly more than the rest.”

“My experience these days in conversations, comments, writings… is that the young society is done with us. I don’t know about the others. But I understand that our time is over.”

UPDATE: 9:30 AM CEST

Iranians Worldwide Call for Support for Iran Uprising

On Saturday, October 22, tens of thousands of Iranians living abroad supported the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people during demonstrations in Berlin, Australia, Italy, Sweden, the UK, and Turkey. In a large demonstration held in Berlin’s Victory Square, demonstrators chanted: “Sanandaj, Zahedan are the pride of Iran” and “Evin is blood-soaked but Seyyed Ali [Khamenei] is doomed to be overthrown”.

Holding pictures of Mahsa Amini and other martyrs of the uprising, demonstrators vowed to continue the struggle and be the voice of their oppressed brothers and sisters back home. They called on the international community to isolate the Iranian regime and called for regime change in Iran.

Live Report: Strikes and Protests Continue in Several Cities Across Iran

Saturday marked the 37th day of Iran’s nationwide uprising as anti-regime protests continued, and many calls have been for people to take to the streets for further demonstrations and rallies.

Protests in Iran have to this day expanded to 195 cities. Over 400 people have been killed and more than 20,000 are arrested by the regime’s forces, according to sources of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).  The names of 224 killed protesters have been published by the PMOI/MEK.

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Iran’s Uprising on Track for Revolution

Iran’s latest nationwide uprising has now been going on for five weeks. During that time, it has grown to encompass nearly 200 different cities while acquiring involvement from a wide range of age groups, professions, and ethnic and religious demographics. High school girls have become a major driving force in calls for societal revolution and regime change. But young Iranians have recently received vital support from veteran oil workers, whose resulting strikes have drawn notable comparisons to the conditions preceding the overthrow of the Shah regime in 1979.

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Iranian Women’s Equality and Regime Change, Two Sides of the Same Coin

Iranian women’s equality and regime change are two sides of the same coin. Thirty-three years ago on this day, October 22, 1993, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) announced it had elected a woman, Maryam Rajavi, as its President-elect for the transitional period of transferring power to the people of Iran after the mullahs’ overthrow.

In doing so, the NCRI embarked on a strategic campaign to defeat the misogynist clerical regime that took advantage of a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam to deprive Iranian women of their rights, marginalize them, and crack down on the entire society by imposing the mandatory Hijab.

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Iran: College Students Revive Protests on Day 37

Brave college students began anti-regime protests across Iran on October 22, marking day 37 of demonstrations. However, hundreds of citizens in various provinces, including the capital Tehran, joined the protests. “Death to Khamenei,” “Death to the dictator,” and “Death to the oppressor; be it the Shah or Supreme Leader [Khamenei],” chanted protesters.

According to the opposition Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), protests have swept 195 cities so far. The organization has declared that the regime murdered at least 400 citizens today. The MEK has published the names and specifications of 241 killed protesters. The regime has reportedly arbitrarily detained more than 20,000 protesters and bystanders.

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Brussels, October 21, 2022: The Large Demonstration of Iranian Resistance Supporters, Supporting the Nationwide Iran Protests

Belgium, Brussels—October 21, 2022: Supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) staged a large demonstration in front of the European Union summit in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising.

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Also, read Iran News in Brief – October 22, 2022

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