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Iran’s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 159th day on Tuesday as people in different cities took to the streets yesterday protesting poor living conditions and other economic woes. Retirees and pensioners of the regime’s communications company led the protests while workers of different companies were also demanding delayed paychecks while complaining about poor working conditions during long hours of harsh labor.
People throughout the country are specifically holding the mullahs’ Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei responsible for their miseries, while also condemning the oppressive 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 647 killed protesters have been published by the PMOI/MEK.
Locals in Tehran’s Narmak district began chanting anti-regime slogans on Tuesday night, including “Death to the dictator!” specifically targeting the mullahs’ dictator Ali Khamenei.
Retirees and pensioners of the country’s medical sciences universities and other medical institutions are holding a gathering in Tehran on Tuesday protesting poor economic conditions and low pensions.
Also protesting the country’s deteriorating economy are storeowners in the city of Baneh in Kurdistan Province, western Iran, who went on strike today in response to the nosediving national currency, the rial, and skyrocketing prices of basic goods.
Disabled citizens were rallying in Mashhad today, demanding pensions owed to them and they have been denied for months, some for years. The regime has been constantly deducting from their own state budget officially allocated to disabled individuals.
February 21 – Tehran, #Iran
Retirees and pensioners of the country's medical sciences universities and other medical institutions are protesting poor economic conditions and low pensions.#No2ShahNo2Mullahs #مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/eqIrK0Eir1— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 21, 2023
Municipality workers from across Khuzestan Province gathered in the city of Ahvaz today and held a protest gathering to demand the clarification of their employment status.
Workers of a local petrochemical plant in the city of Masjed Soleyman in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, held a gathering on Tuesday and were protesting not receiving their paychecks and insurance pensions for the past six months.
Truck drivers in the city of Nur in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran, have been on strike since yesterday, demanding answers to their outstanding grievances and protesting poor economic conditions.
February 21 – Masjed Soleyman, southwest #Iran
Workers of a local petrochemical plant held a gathering and protesting not receiving their paychecks and insurance pensions for the past six months.#No2Shah_No2Mullahs #مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/JzgkmYTlRT— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 21, 2023
Teachers are rallying outside the regime’s Education Ministry in the capital Tehran demanding officials address their ongoing dilemmas. Even teachers in Iran are having difficulty making ends meet.
Bakery owners in the city of Neyshabur in Razavi Khorasan Province are holding a gathering today and protesting local officials’ refusal to address their demands.
In the city of Tabriz located in northwest Iran, contract workers of the East Azerbaijan Province are holding protest rallies and demanding answers from regime officials to their dilemmas.
February 21 – Tehran, #Iran
Teachers are rallying outside the regime's Education Ministry demanding officials address their ongoing dilemmas.#No2ShahNo2Mullahs #مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبرpic.twitter.com/aCEtEafBHy— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 21, 2023
Locals in the capital Tehran began chanting anti-regime slogans on Monday night, including “Death to Khamenei!” “Death to the IRGC!” and “Khamenei is a murderer!”
On Monday, retirees and pensioners of the regime’s telecommunications industry in Lorestan Province rallied in many cities protesting their low pensions and poor economic conditions. These rallies were held in Tehran, Kerman, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Ilam, Yasuj, Arak, Sanandaj, Rasht, Hamadan, Khorramabad, and Kermanshah. This continues previous rallies held on the last three Mondays in the cities of 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.
February 20 – Tehran, #Iran
Retirees and pensioners of the regime's communications industry in the country's capital are protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions.#No2ShahNo2Mullahs #مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چە_شاە_باشه_چە_رهبر pic.twitter.com/aPnH8WMshU— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 20, 2023
Workers of companies involved in lead and other metals were on strike in the cities of Yazd and Zanjan on Monday, protesting delayed paychecks, harsh working conditions, and long labor hours.
Workers and engineers of the Kanrood Sazeh Company involved in a local petrochemical plant in the city of Chabahar in Sistan & Baluchestan Province of southeast Iran were on strike on Monday, protesting not receiving their payments for the past four months.
People in the city of Saveh, located south of the capital Tehran, who have placed down payments for homes with the regime’s “Maskan-e Melli” project, held a protest gathering on Monday demanding answers from officials in charge.
February 20 – Chabahar, southeast #Iran
Workers and engineers of the Kanrood Sazeh Company in a local petrochemical plant are on strike, protesting not receiving their payments for the past four months.#No2ShahNo2Mullahs#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبرpic.twitter.com/29CBzsNNbL— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 20, 2023
Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi shed light on the regime’s horrific crimes against the Iranian people, and especially the mullahs’ misogyny in their repulsive targeting of Iranian women.
“The catastrophic poisoning of high school girls in the city of Qom continues as the regime’s prosecutor acknowledges the possibility of deliberate criminal actions. Like acid attacks in Isfahan, this implicates the roles of the IRGC, the Intelligence Ministry and other official agencies. An international investigation is needed,” the NCRI President-elect explained.
Catastrophic poisoning of high school girls in Qom continues as regime's prosecutor acknowledges possibility of deliberate criminal actions. Like acid attacks in Isfahan, implicates IRGC, Intelligence &other official agencies. International investigation needed#BlacklistIRGC
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 20, 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.
