Iran’s nationwide uprising continues on Saturday, marking the 30th day of the relentless protests, despite the regime’s heavy crackdown on people from all walks of life. The restive city of Sanandaj, capital of Kurdistan Province, and Saqqez, the hometown of Mahsa Amini, and Mahabad saw many of its merchants close shop and continue their general strike against the mullahs’ regime. Strikes were also reported in the cities of Bukan and Ilam.
Protests in Iran have to this day expanded to 190 cities. Over 400 people have been killed and more than 20,000 are arrested by the regime’s forces, according to sources of Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The names of 206 killed protesters have been published by the PMOI/MEK.
Intense protests were reported in several cities on Saturday.
In Hamedan, protesters confronted security forces who were dispatched to quell protests. In Ardabil, protesters forced anti-riot forces to flee. In Shahin Shahr, protesters were chanting, “Death to the dictator!” and “Death to Khamenei!” specifically targeting the mullahs’ Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Videos from Golshahr, Alborz province, show a large contingent of security forces dispatched to prevent protesters from congregating. Reports from other cities indicate the heavy presence of security forces.
In Marivan, protesters blocked roads with fire to prevent the movement of security forces. In Rasht, the students of the Islamic Azad University took to streets to hold protest rallies.
Reports also came in from universities in Tehran. The students of Shariati Technical College held a protest rally and chanted “Death to [Khamenei] for these years of crimes!” At Tehran University, the students were chanting, “Students are in prison! Security agents are in university!” and “Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!” At Soore University, students held a protest rally, painting their palms red and shouting “Jailed students must be released!” And the students of the University of Science and Technology expressed their solidarity with protests across the country by chanting, “From Kurdistan to Zahedan, you are the pride of Iran!”
Students in Rasht also held protest rallies and called on their fellow compatriots to support them.
Protests continued in Arak throughout the day and more videos coming in show protesters confronting security forces and not backing down in face of the regime’s repression. Protest rallies also took place in the cities of Alborz province. In Golshahr, there was a heavy presence of security forces to prevent protests. In Gohardasht, security forces opened fire on protesters. Videos show security forces violently beating and arresting protesters.
Protests also took place in Mashhad and Shahin Shahr, where people chanted, “Death to Khamenei!” as they held their demonstrations.
October 15 – Gohardasht, west of Tehran, #Iran
Members of the regime's plainclothes agents are seen apprehending and attacking local protesters.#IranRevolution2022#مهسا_امینی #آزادی_آزادی_آزادی pic.twitter.com/Wg7Ttpy9dw— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 15, 2022
Protests continued to spread to more cities throughout the day. Videos came in from Karaj, Mashhad, Tabriz, Shiraz, and Rasht, with people holding large rallies and chanting anti-regime slogans. In Tabriz, the regime flew helicopters over the city as protests raged. New videos coming from Arak show armored vehicles trying to run over protesters in the streets.
In Tehran, protest rallies were held in several areas, including Aladdin Mobile Market and Shariati Metro Station.
October 15 – Tehran, #Iran
Locals in the Aladdin Mobile Market are continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 30th day of the uprising.#IranRevolution2022#مهسا_امینی #آزادی_آزادی_آزادی pic.twitter.com/rOK75MFSqR— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 15, 2022
Protests continued into the night and expanded to more cities. In Kerman and Kermanshah, protesters were chanting, “Death to the dictator!” In Mashhad, protest rallies continued into the night. Yazd saw nightly protests, with citizens rallying in streets, chanting, “Death to Khamenei!” and calling on others to join them. In Hamedan, protesters blocked roads with fire and faced off against security forces.
October 15 – Yazd, #Iran
Protesters chanting: "Proud Iranians! Support! Support!"#IranRevolution2022#مهسا_امینی #آزادی_آزادی_آزادی pic.twitter.com/8y5Eahgvtl— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 15, 2022
News coming out of Tehran indicates the situation in Evin prison is tense at night. Videos show fires at the facility along with the sound of sirens and gunfire. Evin is the notorious prison where the regime keeps political prisoners. Many reports indicate protesters arrested in the recent uprising are held in Evin.
Reports indicate that many people in Tehran as well as the families of prisoners incarcerated in Evin Prison have rushed to the site to prevent the regime from carrying out a massacre.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), called on the people to help the families who have gathered at Evin Prison. She also urged the international community to intervene and prevent the regime from carrying out a massacre.
I urge the United Nations, the UN Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the European Union to take urgent action and intervene to prevent the massacre of prisoners in #Evin. #Iran
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) October 15, 2022
Many cities checkered across the country were also scenes of anti-regime protests on Friday, with several areas reporting clashes between locals and the regime’s security forces well into the night. Protesters throughout Iran are chanting slogans against the regime in its entirety, and specifically Khamenei.
Authorities continue to impose a heavy internet blackout and Iranian activists are resorting to a variety of measures to send footage of their protests and demonstrations.
Protests resumed in Zahedan on Friday. These protests came two weeks after the “Bloody Friday of Zahedan” on September 30, where security forces opened fire on peaceful protesters and killed more than 100 people, including more than a dozen children. Protesters marched in the streets of Zahedan, chanting slogans against the regime and the Basij, the paramilitary force that is tasked with suppressing protests.
Iranian opposition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi hailed the brave people of Zahedan in their relentless pursuit of their rights. “I salute the people of Zahedan and my fellow Baluch compatriots, who fulfilled their pledge to the victims of Sept. 30 by marching and chanting, ‘Death to the dictator!’ and ‘Death to Basij.’ Your determination will crush the dictatorship,” she tweeted.
I salute the people of #Zahedan and my fellow Baluch compatriots, who fulfilled their pledge to the victims of Sept. 30 by marching and chanting, “death to the dictator” and “death to Bassij.” Your determination will crush the dictatorship.#IranProtests2022 pic.twitter.com/GtLMvPu7xg
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) October 15, 2022
In Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, a large contingent of security forces were dispatched to prevent protests from taking shape. In Lali, Khuzestan province, the locals held protest rallies and chanted “Death to the dictator!”
Protests were also held in Arak, Markazi province, the people held a large demonstration and chanted slogans against the regime, including, “All these years of crimes! Death to the mullahs’ regime!” In Marivan, Kurdistan province, the people resumed their nightly protests and lit fires in the streets to prevent the movement of security forces.
These protests 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.
Amnesty International posted a video on its Twitter page on Friday highlighting the fact that at least 23 children have been killed by the regime’s security forces in Iran.
At least 23 children have been killed by security forces in Iran. pic.twitter.com/DsiVGUDPo6
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) October 14, 2022
