Iran’s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 235th day on Monday following a day of massive disruptions in the regime’s Foreign Ministry websites and people from different sectors of the society taking to the streets in a continuation of protests for their rights. More than 200 websites affiliated to the mullahs’ Foreign Ministry were disrupted and defaced by Iranian dissident activists, sending a message of encouragement for the Iranian people to continue their struggles for freedom and democracy.
People throughout Iran continue to specifically hold 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.
Protests in Iran have to this day expanded to at least 282 cities. Over 750 people have been killed and more than 30,000 are arrested by the regime’s forces, according to sources of Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The names of 675 killed protesters have been published by the PMOI/MEK.
Brief on Iran Nationwide Uprising- Sunday, May 7, 2023 #IranRevoIution #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/gg3sBK0Qjf
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 8, 2023
MEK Resistance Units inside Iran portrayed large images of Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian opposition coalition NCRI, in the cities of Tehran and Behbahan on Sunday night.
Tehran – Large image of Maryam Rajavi portrayed on the capital’s Resalat Expressway at 10:45 pm local time along with the slogan: “We can liberate our occupied country!”
Behbahan – Large image of Maryam Rajavi portrayed near the city’s Arjan Square at 9:30 pm local time along with the slogan: “We can and must liberate Iran!”
May 7 – Baharestan, Tehran Province, #Iran
Defiant youth attacked an IRGC paramilitary Basij base in response to the regime's recent surge in executions.
Loud explosions were heard in the area.#IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/09L0kldOxB— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 9, 2023
The mullahs’ dictatorship ruling Iran, with deep concerns about a new wave of protests and nationwide uprisings, has been engaged in a new wave of mass executions during the past week. At least 44 inmates, including 23 members of Iran’s Baluchi community, were hanged from April 29 to May 5. Sixteen of these executions were carried out on May 4th alone. The international community needs to take urgent action against the mullahs’ regime for their four decades of crimes against humanity.
NCRI statement: Iran: Execution of 12 Baloch Compatriots, Including Two Women, in Four Days#IranRevolution https://t.co/T9vy1Bmtly
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) May 3, 2023
Retirees and pensioners of the regime’s telecom industry in the provincial capitals of Khuzestan, Isfahan, West Azerbaijan, Sistan & Baluchestan, Hormozgan, Kermanshah, Lorestan, Kurdistan, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari, Gilan, Markazi (Central), Ardabil, and Ilam rallied on Monday to protest their low pensions and poor economic conditions. This continues previous gatherings held during the past few weeks and months in Tehran and other cities across the country.
In the past few years, retirees across Iran have been protesting to their deteriorating living conditions, especially as the government refuses to adjust their pensions based on the inflation rate and fluctuations in the price of the rial, Iran’s national currency.
May 8 – Ahvaz, southwest #Iran
Retirees and pensioners of the regime's telecom industry from across the Khuzestan Province were protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.#IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/KBs6rIxlsA— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 8, 2023
Pensioners and retirees of the regime’s Social Security Organization in the cities of Shush, Arak, Ardabil, and Kermanshah were holding rallies and marching on Sunday, protesting high prices, poverty, corruption, inflation, poor living conditions and officials’ refusal to address their demands.
Pensioners and retirees are among the worst-hit segments of Iran’s society. They depend on government stipends to make ends meet, but the regime has refused to increase their pensions in correspondence with growing inflation and the depreciation of the national currency.
The government has long provided many hollow promises of increasing pensions. It was also supposed to settle unpaid pensions remaining from previous years. So far, it has yet to deliver on both demands.
Interestingly, the regime’s own media reported that The Social Security Investment Company (SHASTA), the financial institution that is supposed to fund retirees, has seen a significant increase in its profits in the past years. However, these profits have yet to materialize in the lives of pensioners and retirees.
May 7 – Shush, southwest #Iran
Retirees and pensioners holding a protest gathering outside the regime's Social Security Organization branch demanding their rights be respected and acknowledged.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/j4mCXgJIZL— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 7, 2023
Regime operatives launched a chemical gas attack targeting the all-girls Chamran Technical School in Shahrekord, southwest Iran, on Sunday, leaving a number of the students poisoned and in need of urgent medical attention.
Medical personnel in the city of Qazvin were holding a gathering on Sunday protesting and demanding their delayed pensions be provided for. They also want their full rights respected and acknowledged by regime officials.
Personnel of the local emergency medical teams in the city of Tabriz, northwest Iran, were holding a gathering on Sunday protesting their low paychecks and poor living conditions.
May 7 – Shahrekord, southwest #Iran
Regime operatives launched a chemical gas attack targeting the all-girls Chamran Technical School. A number of the students were poisoned..#IranChemicalAttacks pic.twitter.com/91wS2EhQScpic.twitter.com/AUNpI40Ior— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 7, 2023
The protests in Iran began following the death of Mahsa Amini. Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old woman from the city of Saqqez in Kurdistan Province, western Iran, who traveled to Tehran with her family, was arrested on Tuesday, September 13, at the entry of Haqqani Highway by the regime’s so-called “Guidance Patrol” and transferred to the “Moral Security” agency.
She was brutally beaten by the morality police and died of her wounds in a Tehran hospital on September 16. The event triggered protests that quickly spread across Iran and rekindled the people’s desire to overthrow the regime.
May 6 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the #Iran opposition PMOI/MEK rallied in solidarity with #IranRevolution.#No2ShahNo2Mullahspic.twitter.com/2rP2PH5d6g— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 7, 2023
