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The nationwide uprising in Iran is marking its 69th day on Wednesday with people in many cities across the country continuing their anti-regime protests and chanting slogans in solidarity with their compatriots in the country’s Kurdish cities, especially Javanrud and Piranshahr.
Tuesday night also witnessed protesters in many cities taking to the streets despite the regime’s heavy crackdown measures. Brave locals are continuing the trend of using Molotov cocktails in targeting sites of the Basij paramilitary force affiliated to the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), offices of representatives of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, offices of members of the regime’s Majlis (parliament) who joined a recent call to have all arrested protesters executed, and other buildings affiliated to the state.
Protests in Iran have to this day, expanded to at least 250 cities. Over 640 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 516 killed protesters have been published by the PMOI/MEK.
On Wednesday morning noble merchants and store owners in numerous cities continued their general strike to condemn the regime’s horrific atrocities against defenseless people in the past few days, and to voice their solidarity with their compatriots across Iran’s Kurdish cities. These strikes were reported in the cities of Javanrud, Piranshahr, Bukan, Kamyaran, Urmia, Saqqez, Oshnavieh, Salas-e Babajani, and Ahvaz, among others. Professors and students at Kurdistan University are boycotting their classes today and condemning the regime’s lethal crackdown against Kurdish cities. In other such protests, workers of the South Aluminum Corporation in the city of Lamerd in south-central Iran also went on strike today.
November 23 – Oshanvieh, northwest #Iran
Locals are on strike and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 69th day of the uprising.#IranRevolution2022#اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/LsmNbupNLv— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 23, 2022
In Qazvin, workers of the Bahman Diesel Company went on strike on Wednesday. Students of Amir Kabir University in Tehran boycotted their classes and protested the arrest of a large number of their classmates by the authorities. Also in the country’s capital, students of the Pars Higher Education Institute of Art and Architecture are continuing the nationwide protests. Students of Tehran’s Allameh Tabataba’i University were also seen holding an anti-regime gathering and chanting “Poverty! Corruption! Injustice! Down with this tyranny!”
November 23 – #Iran
Locals in the cities of Kamyaran, Javanrud, Piranshahr, Urmia, and others are on strike and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 69th day of the uprising.#IranRevolution2022#اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/PmEqwijOZc— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 23, 2022
In Tehran on Wednesday people at the city’s famous Great Bazaar were seen chanting “Death to the dictator!” In another area of the famous bazaar, others were seen chanting “Kurdistan is the pride of Iran!” in solidarity with their compatriots in Iran’s Kurdish areas.
Protesters in the capital’s Moshiriyen district took to the streets again on Wednesday night and began chanting slogans in support of the country’s Kurdish cities: “Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!” and “Death to the dictator!” Authorities dispatched security units to the area and were seeking to abduct a number of the locals.
Locals in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan & Baluchestan Province in southeast Iran rallied in support of the country’s Kurdish cities and began chanting “Death to Khamenei!” and “Death to IRGC!”
November 23 – Zahedan, #Iran
Shirabad district
Protesters chanting:
"From Zahedan to Kurdistan! My life for Iran!"
"Death to Khamenei!"#IranRevolution2022#كردستان_تنها_نیست pic.twitter.com/F3dwyRRHW7— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 23, 2022
November 23 – Mashhad, northeast #Iran
Mourners at the funeral of Javad Asadzadeh began chanting: "For each person killed another one thousand will rise!"#IranRevolution2022#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/fE5l0tsIdO— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 23, 2022
On Tuesday night, locals in Tehran’s Moshiryeh district began establishing roadblocks and continuing the nationwide protests against the mullahs and chanting anti-regime slogans. Such gatherings and rallies were also held in the cities of Karaj, Zahedan, Marivan, and Dehgolan, and the towns of Qods City (Ghale Hassan Khan) just west of Tehran, Shahr-e-Rey located south of the capital, and in Mohr of Fars Province located in south-central Iran.
People in the city of Andimeshk in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran, launched a demonstration and began chanting anti-regime slogans. Authorities immediately dispatched security forces to the scene and began quelling the protests.
In Sari of Mazandaran Province in northern Iran locals set ablaze a site of the regime’s IRGC paramilitary Basij Force.
November 22 – Sari, northern #Iran
Protesters set ablaze a local site of the regime's IRGC paramilitary Basij Force.#IranRevolution2022#مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/dkFsaYfPb1— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 22, 2022
Local activists in the Kurdish regions were reporting military helicopters patrolling their cities. In Saqqez one such helicopter was seen flying at a low altitude and patrolling the city from above. Other reports indicate six IRGC helicopters flying from Kermanshah toward the city of Javanrud. In the city of Javanrud activists posted footage of at least one drone above the city and reported that IRGC units were using 12.7mm DShK heavy machine guns to fire rounds in the city.
November 22 – Saqqez, western #Iran
A military helicopter was patrolling the city skies at low altitudes, according to local activists. Reports indicate at least six helicopters flew from Kermanshah towards Javanrud.#IranRevolution2022#کردستان pic.twitter.com/DIfRiJBXeK— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 22, 2022
On Tuesday merchants and store owners in many cities were on strike in solidarity with the ongoing nationwide uprising on this 68th day and condemning the regime’s lethal crackdown in Kurdish cities. Reports of such strikes were received from the cities of Sanandaj, Saqqez, Javanrud, Baneh, Bukan, Ravansar, Oshnavieh, Marivan, Kamyaran, Takab, and Shahreza, among others.
Workers of the 11th refinery in the South Pars complex in southern Iran and the petrochemical site of Masjed Soleyman in Khuzestan Province were on strike on this 68th day of the nationwide uprising. Drivers and employees of a terminal in the Akbarabad district of Eslamshahr southwest of Tehran began chanting “No fear! We’re all together!” and “Death to the dictator!” Locals in downtown Tehran were also seen chanting “Death to the dictator!”
Students at various universities were boycotting their classes in solidarity with the nationwide uprising. This includes Tehran’s National University, the Iran University of Science and Technology, the Sharif University of Technology, Amir Kabir University, and the Tehran University of Arts; the Persian Gulf University in Bushehr, Razi University in Kermanshah, the Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, the Islamic Azad University of Tabriz, and Noshirvani University in Babol. Campus security forces at Razi University were seen arresting students boycotting their classes, according to local activists.
High school students in Tehran’s Abdulabad district were also seen protesting and chanting: “[Khamenei] is a disgrace!” Similar protests by high school students were reported in Karaj, located just west of the capital Tehran, Isfahan, and Zahedan.
Locals in Ashar, a town in Sistan & Baluchestan Province of southeast Iran, began taking control of their streets in new protests in solidarity with their compatriots in Iran’s Kurdish cities.
November 22 – Bushehr, southern #Iran
Persian Gulf University students are boycotting their classes and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 68th day of the uprising.#IranRevolution2022#اعتصابات_سراسری pic.twitter.com/TJUwVk31aW— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 22, 2022
In the midnight hours and early Tuesday morning, IRGC units in Piranshahr were opening fire and shooting barrages of bullets into people’s homes, according to local activists. In Bukan’s Maskan-e Mehr apartments IRGC units were opening fire and shooting barrages of bullets into people’s homes in the hours after midnight, local activists report.
November 22 – Bukan, northwest #Iran
In the city's Maskan Mehr apartments IRGC units were opening fire and shooting barrages of bullets into people's homes in the hours after midnight, local activists report.#IranRevolution2022#بوکان pic.twitter.com/1eXALJIbPE— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 22, 2022
Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi held an online session with members of the Canadian Parliament during which she emphasized how Iran’s protests are escalating despite the regime’s heavy crackdown and the role that the international community should be playing.
“Iran is on the brink of a major change. The slogan of ‘Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the mullahs’ and other similar slogans have become part of the revolutionary culture in Iran. The Iranian people’s uprising did not foment overnight. It is rooted in 43 years of repression. Women are at the forefront of this uprising because they have been under double oppression; deprived of all their fundamental rights,” she explained.
“Iranians want a democratic republic based on popular vote, with separation of religion and state where no one is favored based on religion or ethnicity. The mullahs aim to create the illusion that there’s no democratic alternative and that their overthrow will create havoc in Iran and the region. A nationwide resistance and a democratic alternative exist in Iran. The NCRI is a coalition of different political forces promoting unity for regime change and the establishment of democracy. It is the longest-standing political coalition in Iran’s modern history,” the NCRI President-elect emphasized.
The Iranian people’s uprising did not foment overnight. It is rooted in 43 years of repression.
Women are at the forefront of this uprising because they have been under double oppression; deprived of all their fundamental rights.#WomenForce4Change#IranRevolution pic.twitter.com/OlqqLbRWr1— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) November 22, 2022
Freedom-loving Iranians and PMOI/MEK supporters have been continuing their photo exhibitions, rallies, and gatherings in various cities across the globe condemning the regime’s ongoing human rights violations and in solidarity with their compatriots protesting throughout Iran. Such gatherings and exhibitions are scenes of Iranian expats providing information to the general public about the latest protests in Iran, the regime’s atrocities, and the Iranian people’s determination to continue this revolution to topple the mullahs’ dictatorship.
November 21 – Frankfurt, Germany
Freedom-loving Iranians & supporters of the #Iran opposition PMOI/MEK outside the mullahs' consulate protesting the regime's crackdown of people in the cities of Javanrud & Piranshahr.#IranRevolution2022#كردستان_تنها_نیستpic.twitter.com/sFUyBIJ3MK— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) November 21, 2022
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.