The brave people of Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan & Baluchestan in southeast Iran, took to the streets on Friday to remind the mullahs’ regime of the Iranian people’s utter hatred of their dictatorship. They chanted slogans against the regime in its entirety and voiced their wishes to live in a democracy while rejecting any and all forms of dictatorships, be it the already eliminated monarchy and the current theocratic despotism.
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.
Iran Protests at a Glance- Friday, May 12, 2023 #IranRevoIution #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/zwaB9Macku
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Regime operatives launched a chemical gas attack on Saturday targeting the all-girls Ommat School in the capital’s Tehranpars district. A number of the students are poisoned and needed medical attention.
Tehran University students began rallying on Saturday, protesting campus security measures imposing strict attire (hijab) rules on female students. Similar scenes, protests, and scuffles were reported from the Isfahan Art University in central Iran.
Retirees of the state oil company in Ahvaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan, are holding a gathering on Saturday protesting for their rights to be respected and acknowledged.
Firefighters in the city of Mashhad in northwest Iran held a rally on Saturday protesting their low paychecks and resulting poor living conditions.
May 13 – Tehran, #Iran
Regime operatives launched a chemical gas attack targeting the all-girls Ommat School in the capital's Tehranpars district. A number of the students are poisoned.#IranChemicalAttacks pic.twitter.com/QVBh9IogEa— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 13, 2023
People in the city of Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan & Baluchestan Province, were in the streets in large numbers on Friday as they continued their anti-regime demonstrations today. Hundreds, if not thousands, were chanting slogans against the mullahs’ dictatorship and crackdown of the Iranian people’s inalienable rights while vowing to continue this struggle to overthrow the mullahs’ regime and establish freedom and democracy.
The protesters were chanting various slogans, including:
“Khamenei, have some shame! Let go of the country!”
“Khamenei is a murderer! We have nothing to eat!”
“Basij and IRGC, you are our ISIS!”
“Mullahs must get lost!”
“Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!”
“Political prisoners must be released!”
“We swear on the blood of our compatriots that we stand to the very end!”
“I will kill those who killed my brother!”
“My martyred brother! I will avenge your blood!”
“Poverty-Corruption-High prices! We’re going to overthrow the regime!”
Regime authorities in Khash, another restive city of Sistan & Baluchestan Province, had dispatched a large number of security units on Friday to prevent anti-regime protests by the locals.
May 12 – Zahedan, southeast #Iran
Protesters are in the streets in a large demonstration and chanting: "Freedom and justice are our inalienable rights!"#IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/3ZqclCRISK— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 12, 2023
Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi praised the brave people of Zahedan for their determination in continuing their anti-regime protests today and vowing to never stand down from this ongoing struggle for freedom and democracy in all of Iran.
“I salute the people of Zahedan who rose up today with chants of ‘Death to the Republic of Executions.’ They vowed to remain loyal to their fallen friends and not relent until the mullahs’ criminal regime is overthrown. Baluch protesters showed that despite the outrageous executions and widespread arrests, they have accepted to pay the price of freedom. They will not surrender nor will they remain silent. They cry out loud. Today, the people of Iran, particularly the ethnic nationalities who are under double oppression, very well know that the only way to achieve freedom and their fundamental rights is to overthrow Khamenei and establish people’s sovereignty,” the NCRI President-elect explained.
I salute the people of #Zahedan who rose up today with chants of “Death to the Republic of Executions.” They vowed to remain loyal to their fallen friends and not relent until the mullahs’ criminal regime is overthrown.pic.twitter.com/tDtS6TpkZs
Baluch protesters showed that…— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) May 12, 2023
MEK Resistance Units in Tehran portrayed a large image of Iranian Resistance Leader Massoud Rajavi and Iranian opposition coalition President-elect Maryam Rajavi near the capital’s Imam Ali Expressway at 10 pm local time on Thursday night.
People attacked a police station in the town of Ghalatooye in Fars Province, south-central Iran, on Friday after regime security forces stationed at the site opened fire and killed two young locals.
Locals of a village near the city of Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province, western Iran, were holding a gathering outside the governor’s office on Friday protesting the officials’ refusal to rebuild a bridge destroyed near their homes. Regime officials across the country are neglecting the people’s needs by refusing to provide the budget necessary for such vital reconstruction, leaving ordinary people suffering for years.
May 12 – Kuhdasht, western #Iran
Locals of a nearby village are holding a gathering outside the governor's office protesting the officials' refusal to rebuild a bridge destroyed near their homes.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/IoEyfmT8yj— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 12, 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 11 – Aarhus, Denmark
Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the #Iran opposition PMOI/MEK rallied in solidarity with #IranRevolution.#No2ShahNo2Mullahs pic.twitter.com/zpazMz9wmq— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) May 12, 2023
