Report by PMOI/MEK
Iran, July 22, 2018 – From early hours of Sunday morning, locals in the city of Borazjan (southern Iran), especially the youth, are seen protesting severe water shortages. Images and videos show protesters setting tires on fire and closing the Borazjan road leading to Bushehr, also in southern Iran. The protesters had practically closed the city entrance.
Borazjan Protest
From Saturday evening people and brave youths in this city were seen demonstrating, protesting four days of no running water and the city’s corrupt officials and repressive forces remaining completely careless of the locals’ catastrophic conditions.
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July 22 – Borazjan, southern #Iran
Footage of people protesting severe water shortages and blocking the Borazjan-Busheher road.#IranUpdate pic.twitter.com/VueYPIxBSu— P.M.O.I (@Mojahedineng) July 22, 2018
These demonstrations continued into the night and people were seen chanting:
“Death to the Dictator,” (referring to Iranian regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei)
“Our is right here, they lies and say its America”
“Let go of Syria, think about us”
Sunday afternoon a large number of people rallied for the second consecutive day, chanting “Death to the Dictator” and protesting outside Bank Mellat and in the city’s hospital square.
This rally formed as repressive security forces were dispatched to the city’s main streets and squares to prevent any protests.
These protests show how the uprising that began in Dec/Jan has completely changed Iran’s landscape and continues to flare.
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July 22 – Borazjan, southern #Iran
More footage of people blocking the Borazjan-Busheher road.#IranUpdate pic.twitter.com/8v1Snlxsvk— P.M.O.I (@Mojahedineng) July 22, 2018
Just two weeks ago after a major spark of protests in Borazjan, the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) issued a statement saying:
On Saturday evening July 7th, brave people, and youths of Borazjan (Bushehr province, southern Iran) protested against the lack of drinking water for four days and the neglect of the regime's corrupt and oppressive officials about the disastrous situation of livelihoods in the city.
The demonstration, which started from the hospital's square, continued until the very last hours of the night. The people chanted: Death to the dictator; the enemy is right here, they are lying it is the United States; let go of Syria, think about us; We do not want incompetent government; Don’t be scared, don’t be scared, we are all together; Neither Gaza nor Lebanon, my life for Iran; With a less embezzlement our problems would be solved; We shall die, but do not tolerate humiliation; With a less theft, our problems will be solved.
By giving hollow promises, the Iranian regime’s authorities tried to disperse the people and quell their anger. But the people booed them and chanted: it is a lie, it is a lie. Khamenei's representative and the criminal Friday prayer imam of the city escaped the scene in fear of the people’s uprising.
Due to the traitorous and devastating policies of the mullahs, many of the cities are in terrible conditions in the very hot weather of the summer due to lack of water. Last week, Khorramshahr and other cities in Khuzestan launched massive demonstrations in protest of being deprived of drinking water.
According to Shahin Pakrooh, one of the deputies of water and wastewater engineering company of the regime, 334 cities are facing the shortage of water this summer, out of which 107 cities are in the red situation. It is expected that Isfahan, Kerman, Fars, Khorasan, and Sistan-Baluchistan provinces will face a more severe crisis (Tasnim, the IRGC news agency, April 24)
