Protests and demonstrations continued into the night of Sunday and early Monday morning local time in various cities of Iran for the tenth consecutive in this uprising. This is despite the regime launching a massive crackdown with Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), paramilitary Basij, and plainclothes agents attacking the protesters with brute force. The capital Tehran along with many of Iran’s metropolitan cities including Tabriz, Shiraz, Mashhad, Isfahan, Rasht, and Karaj witnessed major anti-regime rallies intensifying with each passing day.
Sources of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) are reporting protests spreading to 154 cities and regime security forces killing at least 200 protesters while arresting over 10,000 others. Reports also indicate hundreds, if not thousands, have been injured by the regime’s security forces.
On Monday morning, students at Tehran’s Tarbiat Modares University held protest rallies, demanding for the release of detained students and calling for others to join the nationwide protests.
There are reports of many students having been arrested by security forces, and the regime security apparatus is doing house by house searches to identify and arrest protesters. Students have been especially active in this round of anti-regime protests.
Protests in Tehran continue to be intense.
There are reports of protests taking place in several districts, including Punak, Narmak, and Zaferaniyeh. Protesters are chanting “Death to the dictator!”
Protests continued in many other cities and the regime is resorting to heavy security measures. In Ahvaz, according to reports obtained by the MEK, the regime has set up several checkpoint to inspect cars and to arrest people who are joining protests.
In Tabriz, there were heavy clashes between protesters and security forces and gunshots were heard. Other reports from Tabriz indicate that the students of the Dentistry College are on strike, demanding the release of detained students.
September 26 – Tabriz, northeast #Iran
Roshdiyeh district
Locals continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 11th day of the uprising.#IranProtests2022 #MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/5p9EneZJiy— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 26, 2022
Other reports indicate protests taking place in Kermanshah, Qorveh, Yazd, Marivan, and Sanandaj. In Qorveh, a large crowd had gathered and were chanting:
“I will kill those who killed my sister!”
“Death to the dictator!”
“Death to Khamenei!”
September 26 – Qorveh, western #Iran
Protesters chanting: "I will kill those who killed my sister!"#IranProtests2022 #MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/Hh02niXZ0q— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 26, 2022
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.
Protesting her arrest, Amini was severely beaten by the security forces in a van and was taken to the capital’s Kasra Hospital due to the severity of her injuries. After initial examinations, doctors declared that Amini had suffered a stroke and was brain dead at the same time. Amini died on Friday, September 16. Shortly after, protests broke out in several cities, including Tehran and Saqqez. The protests have continued and expanded since.
On Monday, protests were especially intense in Yazd, where people gathered in large numbers and called for regime change. The protesters were chanting, “We are all Mahsa! We will fight till the end!” and “Iranians would rather die than live in disgrace!”
September 26 – Yazd, central #Iran
Protesters chanting: "We're all Mahsa and we'll fight to the end!"#IranProtests2022 #MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/lV6BL0B8ts— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 26, 2022
In other cities, protesters continued to call for regime change. In Arak, protesters were chanting, “Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!”
In Babolsar, the protesters chanted, “We don’t want the Islamic Republic!”
September 26 – Arak, central #Iran
Protesters chanting: "Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or [Khamenei]!"#IranProtests2022 #MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/81ktWfxdRt— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 26, 2022
In Sardasht, there were intense clashes between protesters and security forces. Gunshots could be heard across the city as security forces were using firearms against protesters.
September 26 – Sardasht, northwest #Iran
Reports indicate intense clashes between protesters and regime security forces.#IranProtests2022 #MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/HxXTum8gUN— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 26, 2022
On Sunday, at least ten different areas of Tehran, including Narmak, Sadeghiyeh, Haft Howz, Ekbatan, Sattarkhan, Ariashahr, Valiasr Square, Tehranpars, and Shariati Street were scenes of protesters clashing with the regime’s security forces in what activists are describing as hit-and-run battles. Protesters were confronting regime security forces that were shooting directly at their ranks. In videos posted from inside Iran demonstrators are seen chanting:
“Death to Khamenei! Death to the dictator!” referring to regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
“Death to the Basij!” and “No fear! We’re all together!”
“Proud Iranians! Support! Support!”
“We will fight and take back Iran!”
In Tehran, protesters have been torching the regime’s propaganda billboards and a motorcycle of the security forces was seen burning in Shariati Street with protesters taking control of the area. In Narmak, protesters torched two motorcycles and a vehicle belonging to the regime’s security forces.
In the districts of Punak, Pardis, and Ekbatan of Tehran, demonstrators continued their rallies despite the fact that authorities had dispatched a large number of fully armed and equipped security forces to the area.
Students of Tehran University launched a night rally that evolved into a large demonstration with participants chanting: “We will fight and take back Iran!” In the capital’s Sattarkhan district protesters were seen taking over their streets and chanting: “I will kill those who killed my sister!” referring to the killing of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish girl from the city of Saqqez in Kurdistan Province who was arrested and then killed by the regime’s so-called “morality police”.
In the city of Tabriz in northwest Iran, protesters intensified their protests into the night and were seen chanting: “I don’t support neither the Shah nor the mullahs! I support the people!”
Regime officials in the city of Karaj, located just west of Tehran, imposed power blackouts in many parts of the city to prevent the expanding protests. This only led to even more people joining the protesters’ ranks in their anti-regime rallies.
Protests and demonstrations were also reported in the cities of Amol, Zahedan, Sanandaj, Shahinshahr, Kermanshah, Zanjan, Qom, Mehrshahr, Varamin, Shahr-e-Rey, Jonaqan, and others. In many areas protesters are seen starting fires and setting up roadblocks to prevent the regime’s security forces from entering their areas. Once establishing their ground, protesters are taking their clashes directly at the regime’s security forces, especially IRGC units and plainclothes agents.
Iranian opposition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi praised the brave protesters in Iran and called on the international community to condemn the regime’s brutal crackdown. “The people of Iran give life to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by resisting a regime that tramples fundamental human rights. I urge the international community to condemn the clerical regime and support protesters,” she tweeted.
In 9 days of #IranProtests, 180 laid their lives for freedom. 8,000 were arrested. The people of #Iran give life to the UDHR by resisting a regime that tramples fundamental human rights. I urge the international community to condemn the clerical regime and support protesters. pic.twitter.com/vp69V5p8rG
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) September 25, 2022
Netblocks, the UK-based internet observatory organization tracking network disruptions and shutdowns across the globe, continued its reporting on Sunday regarding internet disruptions by the mullahs’ regime.
“Real-time metrics show a nation-scale disruption to Mobinnet, one of the largest network operators in Iran, as widespread internet platform restrictions and rolling blackouts continue amid protests,” they tweeted.
Mobile access to the internet in Iran is officially cut-off from 4 pm to 12 am local time. Activists are most likely using devices connected to landlines to send their footage of the nationwide protests.
⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time metrics show a nation-scale disruption to Mobinnet, one of the largest network operators in #Iran, as widespread internet platform restrictions and rolling blackouts continue amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini
📰 Report: https://t.co/8cCHIJA2Oi pic.twitter.com/GNxFLr8s7E
— NetBlocks (@netblocks) September 25, 2022
