The Iranian people’s nationwide uprising continued on Thursday. Authorities have escalated their deadly crackdown in parallel to internet disruptions. According to information gathered by the network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), more than 164 cities across all 31 provinces have reported anti-regime protests in this month of September, and the regime’s security forces have to this day killed at least 300 protesters and arrested more than 15,000 throughout the country.
It is worth noting that despite the deployment of a large number of security forces from the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), paramilitary Basij units, plainclothes agents, and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), the Iranian people from all walks of life are steadfast in continuing their protests against the entirety of the mullahs’ regime.
As of 7:30 pm Tehran time on September 29, protests in #Iran have spread to over 164 cities in all 31 provinces.
Over 300 people have been killed by the mullahs' security forces. Sources also report over 15,000 arrested protesters.#IranProtests2022 #MahsaAmini#مهسا__امینی pic.twitter.com/SWPyhHfVme
— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 29, 2022
On Thursday, mass strikes were reported in different cities.
In Tehran’s Imam Hossein Square, locals closed their shops in protest to the regime’s brutal response to nationwide protests.
Tehran, #Iran
Locals in Imam Hossein Square went on strike in solidarity with #IranProtests2022.#MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/S83kOudP9T— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 29, 2022
In Isfahan too, shops were closed as people are using all their means to protest the regime’s tyranny and express their desire for regime change.
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.
Amini was severely beaten by the security forces. She was taken to the capital’s Kasra Hospital due to the severity of her injuries afterwards. 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.
September 29 – Isfahan, central #Iran
Locals are on strike and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 14th day of the uprising.#IranProtests2022 #MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی https://t.co/d2FyzThZeF— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 29, 2022
On Thursday, truck drivers also expressed their determination to go on strike in protest to the regime’s brutality. One truck driver said, “Dear people of Iran, we have been living in tyranny for 43 years. From skyrocketing prices, poverty, and corruption to the killing of our boys and girls. I am a truck driver, and I will join the truck drivers’ strikes from September 29. I request from my colleagues to join these strikes and proceed with full force so that the blood of our youth is not trampled”
Another driver said, “For a free Iran, to bring Khamenei the dictator to his knees, I will go on strike to join my people. Death to Khamenei the dictator, death to Khamenei’s dictatorship”
Protesters in the city of Mashhad in northeast Iran took to the streets in anti-regime protests. “Justice! Freedom! Hijab should be optional!” they were chanting. Mashhad is Iran’s second largest city and a sensitive area for the regime.
On Thursday, protests were especially intense in Qom. Videos show protesters resisting against security forces that were dispatched to disperse rallies. In some locations, security forces opened fire on protesters. In other locations of the city, protesters continued to chant anti-regime slogans such as “Mullahs must get lost!” The people of Qom held their ranks against security forces by chanting, “No fear! We are all together!”
In Sanandaj, protests continued on Thursday despite heavy security presence. Protesters rallied in several locations and were chanting, “Death to Khamenei!” In some locations, gunshots could be heard.
It is worth noting that the regime has been especially harsh in the repression of protests in Kurdish cities. However, people continue their resistance and come back to the streets everyday to demand regime change.
in Rasht, protests continued despite heavy repression in recent days. Protesters held rallies in several locations across the city and continued to chant anti-regime slogans.
Anti-regime protests continued in Tehran on Thursday. In Chizar district, protesters chanted “Death to the dictator! Death to Khamenei! Death to Bassijis!” from their homes. In other areas, rallies continued despite the presence of security forces.
There are videos and reports indicating that security forces have opened fire on protesters in several cities, including Sanandaj and Kerman.
Meanwhile, in Tehran, protest rallies continued and demonstrators were chanting, “Khamenei] is a disgrace!”
September 29 – Kerman, south-central #Iran
Protesters are in clashes with regime security forces.#IranProtests2022 #MahsaAmini#مهسا_امینی pic.twitter.com/i3RowU0qCl— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) September 29, 2022
In a daring move, protesters in Gohardasht, west of Tehran, wrote “Death to Khamenei” on the walls of Gohardasht prison, a high-security facility where the regime regularly executes political prisoners.
On Wednesday, protests reported well into the night and reports arriving with delay early Thursday morning local time.
Sources associated to the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) are providing information about hit-and-run clashes and demonstrations in the capital Tehran and different cities across the country. Protesters are seen chanting “Death to Khamenei!” and “Death to the dictator!” as they specifically target regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in their hatred of the mullahs’ apparatus and seek complete regime change for a new Iran.
Various districts of Tehran, including Chitgar, Sattarkhan, Sadeghiyeh, Farhangian, Darabad, and others, reported continued protests and authorities deploying vast numbers of their oppressive security forces.
Students in different universities of Shiraz, Isfahan, and Sabzevar took to the streets and their campuses to protest the widespread arrest of their fellow classmates and demand their release. There are also reports of various university professors stepping down in protest to the regime’s deadly crackdown of the Iranian people’s just demands.
Protests have also been reported in the cities of Mashhad, Najafabad in Isfahan Province, Sanandaj, Gohardasht in Alborz Province, Yazd, and others. Incoming reports from the city of Marivan in Kurdistan Province, western Iran, indicate protesters torched the office of Shiva Ghassemipour, the local member of the regime’s Majlis (parliament) in these recent anti-regime rallies.
Iranian opposition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi continued her praise of Iran’s brave protesters on Wednesday, insisting the mullahs’ regime will be overthrown by the Iranian people, especially the long-oppressed women of Iran. She also called on people from all walks of life across Iran, including teachers and educators, university professors, workers, farmers, storeowners, oil and gas industry employees and workers, college and high school students, doctors, and nurses to support the continuation of this latest uprising by joining the expanding nationwide strike.
Whatever the cost, we will triumph in our great mission to transfer sovereignty to the Iranian people and their republic.#IranRevolution #IranProtests#WeCanAndMust pic.twitter.com/nJKqOUryoW
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) September 28, 2022
The Spanish government on Wednesday summoned the Iranian regime’s ambassador in Madrid to protest the mullahs’ deadly crackdown against widespread protests in Iran. The Spanish government issued a statement strongly condemning the violence against demonstrators and especially voicing their abhorrence regarding the use of brute force against Iranian women and their rights. On this day, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned the crackdown against women in Iran and the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was murdered by the regime’s so-called “morality police” for her “improper hijab (headscarf).”
In another similar development, 14 former prime ministers and minister from Iceland, Romania, Finland, Canada, Poland, Moldova, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, and Sudan voiced their strong support for the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising and condemned the regime’s vicious crackdown. These demonstrators, chanting “Death to Khamenei”, are seeking to overthrow the ruling religious dictatorship, they highlighted, adding the PMOI/MEK’s network of Resistance Units and the organized resistance is playing a serious role in going a great distance and exposing itself to major risks to direct the continuation of these protests and resistance against oppression. The Iranian people have a democratic alternative that has expressed its objectives in Maryam Rajavi’s ten-point plan. This resistance movement deserves global support.
