The regime ruling Iran is continuing its crackdown against the Iranian people, aiming to place a lid on popular protests that threaten the entirety of its dictatorship apparatus. The new surge in chemical gas attacks by regime operatives targeting mainly schoolgirls across Iran is raising outrage among parents and locals of various cities where these horrific measures are taking place.
Members of the U.S. Congress have responded by establishing a new bipartisan caucus condemning the mullahs’ regime over the recent poisonings, amplifying the growing criticism in Washington against Tehran and the regime’s utter disregard for human rights.
People throughout Iran continue to specifically hold 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 the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). The names of 675 killed protesters have been published by the PMOI/MEK.
Fearing an uprising by Iranian girls, women, and youth, Khamenei continued to commit the heinous crime of poisoning schoolgirls in Tehran and many other cities of #Iran yesterday and today. But the people's call for justice remains strong, as the chant “Khamenei, we will bring…
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 18, 2023
Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi hailed the U.S. Congress for standing alongside the Iranian people and condemning the Iranian regime’s ongoing chemical gas attacks against schoolgirls across the country.
“I salute the bi-partisan resolution introduced in the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress, condemning the ongoing poisoning of the Iranian school girls. The mullahs’ misogynous regime in a deliberate crime has engaged in chain poisoning of students in girls’ schools in different cities, intended to seek vengeance over the leading role of valiant girls in the uprising and to prevent further protests.
“I also congratulate the formation of the ‘Iranian Women Congressional Caucus’ and commend its bipartisan co-chairs, representatives Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and Rep. Nancy Mace,” the NCRI President-elect explained.
I salute the bi-partisan resolution introduced in the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress, condemning the ongoing poisoning of the Iranian school girls.
The mullahs’ misogynous regime in a deliberate crime has engaged in chain poisoning of students in girls’ schools in…— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) April 20, 2023
People in Zahedan are in the streets again today launching their latest anti-regime demonstration following their Friday prayers. Reports showing a large crowd of locals holding a major rally, marching, and chanting slogans against the mullahs’ regime and their apparatus of oppressive forces. Their slogans include:
“So many years of crimes! Down with the mullahs’ regime!”
“I will kill those who killed my brother!”
“Basij and IRGC, you are our ISIS!”
“Down with the Basij!”
“Khamenei, have some shame! Let go of the country!”
April 21 – Zahedan, southeast #Iran
Protesters are marching and chanting:
"So many years of crimes! Down with the mullahs' regime!"#No2ShahNo2Mullahs #IranRevoIution pic.twitter.com/FEPzGMwRUs— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 21, 2023
Workers of the Exir Sanat, Sekaf Oil & Gas and Abadrahan companies involved in various projects at major refinery of Abadan in southwest Iran launched a strike on Friday protesting the officials’ refusal to increase their salaries. Workers of the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry in other cities, including Asaluyeh, Dehloran, and Gachsaran were also on strike on Friday.
Contract workers of the local steel mill in the city of Yazd, central Iran, are also on strike today protesting their officials’ refusal to increase their salaries.
April 21 – Abadan, southwest #Iran
Workers of a contract company in the city's oil refinery are on strike and protesting the officials' refusal to increase their salaries.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/AQR1KEka9I— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 21, 2023
People in different cities of Iran, including Tehran, Saqqez, and Mahabad, are marking Eid al-Fitr and visiting their local cemeteries to pay respects to protesters killed by the mullahs’ regime during the recent protests of the Iranian uprising that began in September 2022. In Bukan, locals held a ceremony in memory of the Iranian revolution’s fallen heroes.
In Saqqez, the hometown of Mahsa Amini, authorities immediately dispatched their oppressive security units to prevent any possible anti-regime protests during the gathering. People at Mahsa Amini’s grave began chanting: “Down with the dictator!”
April 21 – Mahabad, western #Iran
Locals are marking Eid al-Fitr and paying their respects to brave protesters killed by the mullahs' regime during #IranRevoIution.
They're chanting: "Martyrs don't die!"pic.twitter.com/CFvxE6EIx0— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 21, 2023
Nurses of Rajaie Hospital in Qazvin, northwest Iran, are rallying on Thursday and protesting their delayed paychecks and pensions. In other protest reports, drivers of various service vehicles in the city of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, are protesting on Thursday and blocking the entrance gates of a local company after regime-associated officials refused to respond to their outstanding demands of poor work and living conditions.
Employees of the regime’s judiciary in the provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and Gilan are holding gatherings on Thursday and protesting the country’s devastating economic circumstances. They are left unable to make ends meet and no official is willing to respond to their demands or even address their difficulties.
Protesters and brave youths in the city of Rudsar in Gilan Province, northern Iran, torched a large poster of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Thursday.
April 20 – Rudsar, Gilan Province, northern #Iran
Protesters and local youths torched a large poster of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.#IranRevoIution pic.twitter.com/IC9oBErlht— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 20, 2023
Investors of the fake online trading platform “King Money” held a protest rally in the Iranian capital on Thursday demanding their stolen money be returned. Those behind “King Money” deceived people by encouraging them to buy and invest in fake cryptocurrency on their fake websites. Many in Iran are pointing their fingers at the IRGC in this regard.
Protesters and brave youths in the city of Kerman, south-central Iran, attacked an IRGC paramilitary Basij base in the early hours after midnight of Thursday local time.
Locals in the Iranian capital Tehran’s Shahrak-e Bagheri district began chanting anti-regime slogans on Thursday night, including:
“Down with Khamenei! Damned be Khomeini!”
“This is the year Seyed Ali (Khamenei) is overthrown!”
April 20 – Kerman, south-central #Iran
Protesters attacked an IRGC paramilitary Basij base in the early hours after midnight of Thursday local time.#IranRevoIution pic.twitter.com/KUZjYEhqrC— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 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.
