Reported by PMOI/MEK
Iran, June 27, 2019 – As tension mounts between Iran’s regime and the West over the mullahs’ malign activities in the region, more and more cities in Iran turn up against the regime’s inability to answer the needs of the public and more people from all walks of life take to streets to condemn the regime and demand their rights. Wednesday was the scene of a number of protests and rallies across Iran.
Students of Science and Industry University in Tehran rallied to protest the discriminatory policy of segregating gender in the university library, cafeteria, and other sections.
The students, during their rally, were carrying posters and placards reading “gender segregation in cafeteria, library, and classes!! is an insult to the students’ intelligence”, and “no to making the campus in to a military base or dealership, and hail to university” and “your solutions are our problems.”
Science and Industry students rallying – Tehran, Iran
Science and Industry students, many of which are female, rallying and holding a protest gathering – Tehran, Iran
Science and Industry students stage a sit-in – Tehran, Iran
Science and Industry students stage a sit-in on campus – Tehran, Iran
Science and Industry students stage a protest – Tehran, Iran
Sharif University students protest
A group of students at Sharif University in Tehran rallied on Wednesday outside the dean’s office to protest the school authority’s mismanagement and incompetence to manage the university dormitory.
Urmia, Kharadej Company employees protest
Employees of Kharadej Company in the city of Urmia, northwest of Iran, protested and demanded their unpaid wages and salaries. These employees are working on a project to install a water canal to transfer water from Lake Urmia to the city. They have been taking to streets to demand their unpaid wages for many months. They say they have not been paid since February.
Kharadej workers protest – Urmia, northwest Iran
Kharadej workers protest – Urmia, northwest Iran
Farmers in Isfahan protest
Wednesday was also the scene of protests by farmers in central Iran. Farmers from the city of Lenjan, a suburb of Isfahan, protested the closure of river water crucial for their farming.
Running through Isfahan, Zayandeh-Rood River is vital to farming in this area. The regime, in many occasions, closes the dam providing the water or redirects the river water for military or other malign purposes, leaving the farmers’ lands completely dry.
Farmers in Lenjan protest lack of water for their lands – Isfahan Province, central Iran
Protest rallies in Bonab University against firing employees
A number of Bonab University staff and employees protested on Wednesday against their unjust discharge from work. They gathered on campus at the center of the university in this northwest Iran city demanding to be reinstated. The university security forces attacked an employee who was gathering signatures on a petition. The laid-off university employees started their protest from Saturday.
Bonab University employees protest layoffs – northwest Iran
City employees in Bagher-Shahr protest
A number of city employees of Bagher-Shahr, a suburb of the capital Tehran, rallied on Wednesday to protest low wages and continuous fines they are forced to pay by their job contractor. They gathered in front of the city office to voice their grievance.
The mayor reacted to the protest by threatening to order anti-riot guards to use force is dispersing their ranks. Participants in the rally say the mayor demanded they end their protest gathering.
