Iran Protest-No. 49
On the 26th day of the nationwide uprising, the cities of Sanandaj and Divandareh witnessed demonstrations and street clashes between the youths and the regime’s suppressive forces. The shopkeepers’ strike continued in Kermanshah. In Kerman, the regime’s Red Crescent building was set on fire. The young protesters set fire to the Friday prayer office in Fuladshahr, Isfahan, and a statue symbolizing the regime in Saqqez. Large posters of Qassem Soleimani and Revolutionary Guards in Tehran were also torched. The youths set fire to a paramilitary Basij base in Qom. In Yazd, they burned the banner of Qassem Soleimani and Brig. Gen. Hossein Hamedani, and in Baneh, they burned a symbol of the regime in the Prison Square.
On Tuesday, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi visited Sanandaj to supervise the suppression of protests in the city. On Tuesday evening, the people of Sanandaj held nightly demonstrations once again and clashed with the suppressive forces. The youths took control of Behesht Mohammadi ring road by lighting fire and forcing the agents to flee in some areas.
In Saqqez, people held demonstrations in the evening, and in Baneh, the youths obstructed the path of suppressive agents by setting up roadblocks. Drivers showed their solidarity by honking their horns. In Borazjan, demonstrations led to clashes with the suppressive forces.
October 11 – Sanandaj, western #Iran
More footage of today's intense clashes as locals continued the nationwide protests against the regime on the 26th day of the uprising.#IranRevolution2022#مهسا_امینی #آزادی_آزادی_آزادی pic.twitter.com/dZIkKuaGLY— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 11, 2022
On Tuesday evening, the chants of “Death to the dictator” and “Death to the IRGC” echoed in the Vahdat-e-Islami district of Tehran. In Sadeghieh, Tehran, chants of “Death to the dictator” could be heard from the rooftops. Youth protesters took control of some streets in Yazdanshahr. In Qom, people held a nightly demonstration in the Nirougah area while chanting “Khamenei is a murderer, his rule is void”.
On Tuesday, university students in Tehran, Gilan, Tarbiat Modarres, Arts of Tehran, and Noshirvani in Babol chanted anti-regime slogans such as “Dignified students, support, support,” “We will not leave Sharif University students alone,” “Iran soaked in blood from Sanandaj to Zahedan,” and “From Kurdistan to Gilan, I sacrifice my life for Iran.” They also staged demonstrations and strikes and condemned the arrest and killing of students.
Students protested in some areas of Tehran, as well as in Mahabad, Saqqez, Bandar Anzali, Sanandaj, and Mashhad with slogans such as “Death to the dictator,” “I will kill whoever killed my sister” and “Iran has become a detention center.”
October 11 – Tehran, #Iran
Students of Tarbiat Modares University continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 26th day of the uprising.#IranRevolution2022#مهسا_امینی #آزادی_آزادی_آزادی pic.twitter.com/qpNTWrUZEs— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) October 11, 2022
According to the state-run news agency, Mehr, on October 11, Youssef Nouri, the Minister of Education, admitted to the arrest of the students and said: “I cannot give exact statistics of the number of those arrested. Students will return to school after rehabilitation. Some detained students have been referred to psychological centers for rehabilitation to prevent them from becoming anti-social characters.”
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
October 12, 2022