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People in cities throughout Iran are taking to the streets in protest rallies as economic grievances escalate parallel to the country’s nosediving national currency. Many workers have not received their paychecks for months now while people from various sectors are demanding their long overdue pensions.
Protests in Iran have to this day expanded for 160 days 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 the Grand Bazaar area and the Aladdin shopping complex in Tehran took to the streets protesting the country’s deteriorating economy and the nosediving national currency.
People in a metro station in the capital Tehran began chanting anti-regime slogans on Wednesday morning, including “Khamenei is a disgrace!” specifically voicing their hatred of the mullahs’ dictator.
Homeowners in Tehran’s 21st district are rallying outside the local municipal on Wednesday morning protesting the regime’s policies.
Landowners of the capital’s Punak district gathered outside the Presidential office on Wednesday demanding answers from authorities on why they’re refused construction permits on their lands.
February 22 – Tehran, #Iran
People at the city's Grand Bazaar are protesting the country's deteriorating economy.#No2ShahNo2Mullahs #مرگ_بر_ستمگر_چه_شاه_باشه_چه_رهبر pic.twitter.com/lY6wJZmBVdpic.twitter.com/TyT6u11kQ0— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 22, 2023
Retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization held a protest rally in Ahvaz, southwest Iran, on Wednesday protesting low wages and pensions, insurance issues, and poor living conditions.
Storeowners in Arak, central Iran, are on strike on Wednesday protesting poor economic conditions and the country’s nosediving national currency.
Villagers living near the city of Kashan, central Iran, are holding a gathering on Wednesday protesting mining activities in their areas that are threatening their livelihood.
Retired teachers in the capital Tehran are rallying outside the regime’s Education Ministry protesting their poor economic conditions. A similar protest rally by retired teachers was held in the city of Shiraz where the participants chanted various slogans, including: “Release jailed teachers!”
February 22 – Tehran, #Iran
More footage of retired teachers rallying outside the regime's Education Ministry protesting poor economic conditions.#IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/LDuNXvU1OM— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) February 22, 2023
Locals in Tehran’s Narmak and Punak districts, and in the city of Kermanshah in western Iran, began chanting anti-regime slogans on Tuesday night, including “Death to the dictator!” specifically targeting the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Retirees and pensioners of the country’s medical sciences universities and other medical institutions were 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 on Tuesday 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.
Municipality workers from across Khuzestan Province gathered in the city of Ahvaz on Tuesday and held a protest gathering demanding 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 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, were on strike on Tuesday for a second day, 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 were rallying on Tuesday 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 were holding a gathering on Tuesday protesting local officials’ refusal to address their demands.
In the city of Tabriz located in northwest Iran, contract workers of the East Azerbaijan Province were holding protest rallies demanding answers from regime officials to their dilemmas.
Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi once again highlighted the Iranian people’s determination to overthrow the mullahs’ regime and establish a democratic republic based on freedom and democracy.
“I am confident that this revolution will succeed, because it is led by those who are willing to pay the price,” the NCRI President-elect explained.
I am confident that this revolution will succeed, because it is led by those who are willing to pay the price.#IranRevolution #FreeIran pic.twitter.com/CMoeIypbR0
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) February 21, 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.
