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UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET
Iran Uprising at a Glance
Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran
Friday, April 7, 2023 – 8 PM GMT + 1
- Days: 204
- Protests: 282 cities
- Fatalities: 750+ estimated deaths, 675 identified by MEK
- Detentions: 30,000
Iran’s nationwide uprising marked its 204th day on Friday while different cities across Iran witnessed teachers taking to the streets yet again to protest their poor living conditions as a result of the regime’s destructive economic policies or lack thereof. More people from various sectors of Iran’s society were once again voicing their anger over high inflation, skyrocketing prices of basic goods and services, unemployment, corruption, and the regime’s unjust policies.
April 7 – Galikesh, northeast #Iran
The local Baluchi community launched a march protesting the regime's crackdown against Sunni clerics and demanding their release from prison.#IranProtests2023 pic.twitter.com/ablPZFLsLi— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 7, 2023
Reports indicate regime officials disrupted internet connections in Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan & Baluchistan, to prevent any reporting and/or posting of today’s protests, including footage.
Confirming reports from local activists, Netblocks, the UK-based internet observatory organization tracking network disruptions and shutdowns across the globe, said “Real-time network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zahedan, Iran; the incident continues the weekly pattern of regional internet shutdowns targeting anti-government protests during Friday prayers.”
April 6 – Tehran, #Iran
Locals in the capital's Shahrak-e Bagheri district were chanting anti-regime slogans, including:
"We swear on the blood of our compatriots that we stand to the end!"#IranRevoIution pic.twitter.com/SJyGtJgtPL— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 7, 2023
In Zahedan today courageous youth held a big banner of death to the oppressor be it the Shah or leader and also placards reading Neither Monarchy nor Leadership (of Mullahs) Equality Democracy.
The local Baluchi community in the city of Galikesh in Golestan Province in northeast Iran launched a march protesting the regime’s crackdown against Sunni clerics and demanding their release from prison.
MEK-affiliated Resistance Units portrayed a large image of Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi in the city of Dehdasht of Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province in southwest Iran at 9:15 pm on Thursday night.
April 6 – Tehran, #Iran
Locals were chanting anti-regime slogans, including:
"We won't have a nation as long as the mullahs are in power!"
"So many years of crimes! Down with the mullahs' regime!"
"Khamenei, protests will continue!"#IranRevoIution pic.twitter.com/f3lIVGpk1B— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) April 7, 2023
Locals in various districts of Tehran, including Shahrak-e Bagheri, began chanting anti-regime slogans on Thursday night, including:
“We swear on the blood of our compatriots that we stand to the end!”
“We won’t have a nation as long as the mullahs are in power!”
“So many years of crimes! Down with the mullahs’ regime!”
“Khamenei, protests will continue!”
In Tehran, last night until the early morning of today locals were chanting anti-regime slogans, including: “We won’t have a nation as long as the mullahs are in power!” “So many years of crimes! Down with the mullahs’ regime!” “Khamenei, protests will continue!”
UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET
Protests Erupt in Tehran as People in Iran Renew Calls for Regime Change
Iran’s nationwide uprising is marking its 203rd day on Thursday following a busy night of intense anti-regime protests and rallies in the capital Tehran. The Iranian people are sending a message to the mullahs’ regime and the world over about their hellbent intentions to overthrow the ruling dictatorship and refusing to back down from taking to the streets for further protests.
Wednesday also witnessed a string of new chemical gas attacks by regime operatives targeting all-girls schools. This is a highly sensitive subject for the Iranian public as innocent children are being targeted by regime operatives and the mullahs know they are walking on thin ice.
Kurdish Citizen Sakineh Parvaneh Re-Arrested for Second Time in Less Than a Month
Sakineh Parvaneh, a Kurdish citizen from Quchan, was re-arrested on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, after being summoned to Mashhad’s General and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office. This is the second time she has been arrested in less than a month for undisclosed reasons. Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh was serving the fourth year of her sentence when she was released from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad on February 15, 2023. Ms. Parvaneh was arrested on March 7, 2023, and released after four days.
Lucerne, Switzerland—April 4, 2023: MEK Supporters Held an Exhibition in Support of the Iran Revolution
Lucerne, Switzerland—April 4, 2023: Freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held an exhibition of the martyrs of the nationwide protests killed by the mullahs’ regime in solidarity with the Iranian Revolution.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – April 6, 2023