Iran Nationwide Uprising- No. 52
On Saturday and Sunday, January 17 and 18, 2026, rebellious youths clashed with suppressive forces in Tehran and other cities. Over these two days, various areas in Tehran, including Valiasr Street, Saadat Abad, Salehiyeh, Tehranpars, and Ekbatan Town, witnessed confrontations where protesters chanted ‘Death to the dictator’ and ‘Death to Khamenei’.
On Saturday night, street battles erupted in Khoy, where rebellious youths, responding to the regime’s indiscriminate shootings, set fire to the district governor’s building and a suppressive Basij center. They chanted, ‘I will kill, I will kill the one who killed my brother’, ‘I will kill, I will kill the one who killed my sister’ and ‘This homeland will not be a homeland until the mullahs are buried.’ The previous night, two other Basij centers in the city had also been set on fire during clashes with local youths.
In Eslamshahr, brave youths clashed with the regime’s special units, attacked the Ghaemiyeh police station, and disarmed mercenaries who were shooting at the people.
In Kermanshah province, the courageous people and youths of the Qalkhani tribe in the village of ‘Aineh-vand’ in Sarpol-e Zahab broke the regime’s siege. During an armed conflict, they retaliated against regime agents sent to arrest the wounded and disarmed several government forces. Elsewhere, youths clashed with suppressive forces in Taq-e Bostan, and in Kermanshah, a Basij agent named Morteza Heshmati was killed during a clash with residents.
Meanwhile, more than 300 lawmakers and political figures from 26 countries issued a statement supporting the Iranian people’s uprising for a democratic republic. The statement declared: ‘With chants of “Death to the dictator” and “Death to Khamenei,” the people reject any form of dictatorship, be it the Shah or the mullahs, and demand the overthrow of the religious dictatorship and the establishment of a democratic republic based on the separation of religion and state.’ The signatories called for support for the legitimate aspirations of the Iranian people for freedom and for recognizing the right of Resistance Units to defend themselves against the regime’s suppressive forces. Concurrently, 14 former European leaders, in an open letter to their successors, supported the Iranian people’s uprising and the 10-point plan of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, emphasizing that the Iranian people, with the slogan ‘Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Leader,’ demand democracy and not a return to the former dictatorship.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
January 19, 2026