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Iran’s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 166th day on Tuesday as protests over economic woes are spreading across the country. These anti-regime gatherings are rendering grave concerns for regime officials with various voices warning over a new round of major protests that promise to shake the regime to its very core and pose major security concerns for authorities across the country.
People throughout the country are specifically holding 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 664 killed protesters have been published by the PMOI/MEK.
On Tuesday night, locals in Tehran’s Narmak district began chanting anti-regime slogans, including “Death to Khamenei!” and “Death to the dictator!” referring to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
February 28 – Tehran, #Iran
Locals in the capital's Narmak district were chanting:
"Death to Khamenei!"
"Death to the dictator!"#No2ShahNo2Mullahs #مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/oz8xsBrCXD— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 28, 2023
Retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization held a protest rally in Shahrekord, southwest Iran, and other cities across the country on Tuesday protesting low wages and pensions, insurance issues, and poor living conditions. Similar rallies were held in the cities of Tabriz, Karaj, Arak, Rasht, Qazvin, Isfahan, Babol, Takestan, Sanandaj, Marivan, Ardabil, and Ilam.
Steel workers in the city of Yazd rallied once again on Tuesday demanding better living and work conditions, and seeking a pay raise to enable them to make ends meet for their families.
Early Tuesday morning local time units of the regime’s IRGC attacked an area of makeshift homes near Chabahar, a major portal city in Sistan & Baluchestan Province of southeast Iran. The IRGC units not only demolished the makeshift homes of the poor locals but also opened fire and wreaked havoc among the residents.
Students of Amir Kabir University of Technology in Tehran placed their trays on the ground today protesting the low-quality food served at the campus. Such protest measures are escalating in various schools in Iran.
February 28 – Shahrekord, southwest #Iran
Retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization protesting and calling for higher wages and equality among all retirees.#IranProtests2023pic.twitter.com/nTC01GfnYZ— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 28, 2023
The conspiracy of poisonous gasses used against schools in Iran continues today with two schools in the cities of Karaj, and Parand in Tehran Province, are reporting a continuation of such attacks.
Regime operatives attacked a school in Karaj today with poisonous gas and the students began chanting: “Death to Khamenei!” Tension is also reported at an all-girls school in the town of Parand in Tehran Province. Reports indicate an object thrown inside the school exploded, leading to the spreading of a gas that left a number of students ill.
Investors in the Azvico auto company (shareholders include the IRGC), along with those who have placed down payments for vehicles, held a rally today in Tehran seeking answers to their long-raised demands.
Landowners of the capital’s Punak district once again gathered in the capital today demanding answers from authorities on why they’re refused construction permits on their lands.
In Isfahan, central Iran, the apprehension of at least 60 workers of a local still mill who are on strike has been confirmed. There is no information about their conditions and/or whereabouts.
February 28 – Karaj, west of Tehran, #Iran
Regime operatives attacked a school with poisonous gas and the students began chanting: "Death to Khamenei!"#IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/d8ramprUj1— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 28, 2023
Students of Tehran University were protesting a decision made by officials to hold their classes online for the next three weeks and close the campus dormitory as a result. This will result in major troubles for many if not all the students and reports indicate tensions are raising on the campus of the country’s largest university.
On Monday night, locals in Tehran’s Shahr-e Ziba and Shahrake Bagheri districts began chanting anti-regime slogans, including “Death to Khamenei!” and “Death to the dictator!” referring to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
February 27 – Tehran, #Iran
Students of Tehran University were protesting a decision to hold online classes and close the dormitory for three weeks.#IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/BYmppwfbWI— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 27, 2023
On Monday morning, retirees and pensioners of the regime’s telecommunications industry in Isfahan, central began protesting low pensions and poor economic conditions. These types of anti-regime gatherings are escalating and becoming a major concern for regime officials especially at a time when the country’s economy is in shambles and the national currency, the rial, is nosediving against the U.S. dollar.
Similar protest rallies were being held in the cities of Tehran, Mashhad, Sanandaj, Arak, Kermanshah, Ardabil, Khorramabad, Hamadan, and Bandar Abbas, along with rallies in Kurdistan and Markazi (Central) provinces.
Steel workers in the city of Yazd rallied once again on Monday demanding better living and work conditions, and seeking a pay raise to enable them to make ends meet for their families.
February 27 – Isfahan, central #Iran
Retired workers of the local telecommunications company are protesting the regime's policies of low paychecks and pensions.#IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/m9cvNInMU7— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 27, 2023
Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi held a meeting with two prominent members of the UK House of Commons, including Rt. Hon. David Jones and Hon. Bob Blackman in Ashraf 3, voicing her gratitude to the representatives of the people of Britain for their unwavering support for democracy and human rights in Iran.
The NCRI President-elect pointed out that despite the regime’s repressive measures and various schemes, it has been unable to dismantle the material foundations of the uprising, nor has it succeeded in eradicating the Resistance Units and the courageous youth who serve as its driving force.
British MPs visit Ashraf 3
The world should support the courageous youth in #Iran who are fighting against the terrorist IRGC#IranRevolution #BlacklistIRGC#No2ShahNo2Mullahs pic.twitter.com/IqaLFCw6iH— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 27, 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.
