In the sweltering heat of July 2025, a tsunami of rage is sweeping across Iran. From rural villages to urban centers, Iranians are taking to the streets for the most basic elements of human survival: water to drink, electricity to power their homes, and safety from a predatory system.
This new wave of protests exposes the raw reality of life under the mullahs’ regime—a system so consumed by corruption and mismanagement that it can no longer provide for its people, fueling a nationwide rejection of its authority.
The Crisis of Utilities: A Man-Made Disaster
The regime’s inability to manage the country’s essential services has pushed communities to the brink. On July 25, in villages surrounding Neyshabur, residents blocked local roads to protest chronic water shortages that have decimated agriculture, killed their livestock, and left families without even enough water to drink. According to protesters, the crisis is widespread, with one declaring, “all the surrounding villages have no water.”
July 25—Neyshabur, northeast Iran
Protest in the village of Barzenun, where residents blocked a road due to severe and prolonged water shortages and the regime's lack of measures to address their needs.#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/bnUqlSMQHF— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) July 25, 2025
This desperation is mirrored across the country. In the city of Anar, on the night of July 23, dozens of citizens gathered in front of the local electricity department to protest constant power outages that have destroyed appliances and disrupted lives.
One protestor’s bitter question captured the public’s sentiment toward the officials responsible: “When the power goes out, what do the wife and children of the department head do? Do they have a generator? What about us?” In Salehiyeh, a suburb of Tehran, residents took to the streets on July 23 to protest a complete water cutoff. Images emerging the next day showed long lines of people waiting for hours in the heat to buy canisters of water—a stark scene reminiscent of famine-like conditions in the nation’s capital.
The Plunder of Resources: Lives Sacrificed for Profit
Beyond sheer incompetence, the regime’s exploitative policies are directly endangering citizens’ lives. In Baladeh, in the northern province of Mazandaran, residents held a major protest rally with the powerful slogan, “No to mines!” The demonstration was triggered by the recent deaths of two local workers, killed by unsafe, dilapidated equipment in the region’s mines.
Protesters condemned these operations, which are controlled by regime-affiliated entities, as a source of immense profit for the ruling elite but a cause of environmental destruction and death for the local population. These mines, lacking basic safety standards and using obsolete machinery, underscore a system that prioritizes plunder over people, leaving communities to bear the fatal costs.
July 25—Baladeh, northern Iran
Protest by residents of the Baladeh gathered to oppose local mining operations following two fatal accidents that resulted in the deaths of two community members.#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/Iv9OS2rQGf— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) July 25, 2025
The Human Toll
The systemic failure is causing a complete societal and economic breakdown, destroying livelihoods and pushing citizens to utter despair. The voice of one small business owner, recorded on July 24, encapsulates the agony felt by millions.
Crushed by the constant water and power cuts, which make running his business impossible, he asked with choked emotion: “I can’t afford to pay my workers’ rights. Should I sell my land? Sell my kidney? Enough is enough, sir, we’re tired… really tired.”
He added that even if he owned a generator, he would be unable to find diesel for it, highlighting the total collapse of the supply chain. These are not just statistics; they are the voices of a nation pushed to the breaking point.
A Regime Losing Its Grip as Resistance Grows
The simultaneous protests in Neyshabur, Anar, Tehran, and Baladeh are not isolated incidents of discontent. They are a unified, nationwide verdict on 46 years of theocratic rule.
The regime has demonstrated its complete incapacity and disinterest in the fundamental work of governance. Its sole priorities are self-enrichment and repression. The cries for water, power, and safety are the rumblings of a revolution for basic dignity.
These grassroots uprisings reveal the true face of Iran—a nation demanding fundamental change and united in its determination to overthrow a corrupt and oppressive system to build a free, prosperous, and just future.
For 46 years, the criminal and predatory regime ruling Iran has silenced freedom and hijacked the people’s right to govern themselves. It has massacred political prisoners and peaceful protesters, and through unchecked corruption and looting, it has devastated the country’s water… pic.twitter.com/ZeZzhsZZOb
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) July 25, 2025
“For 46 years, the criminal and predatory regime ruling Iran has silenced freedom and hijacked the people’s right to govern themselves,” Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said. “It has massacred political prisoners and peaceful protesters, and through unchecked corruption and looting, it has devastated the country’s water systems, electricity infrastructure, and natural environment… Against a regime that acts as an enemy to both Iran and its people, the only path forward is resistance — and ultimately, its overthrow.”