On 23rd Day of the Nationwide Uprising, Students, Women, Young People Have Risen up Nationwide

Iran Protest-No. 40

Simultaneous with Raisi’s visit to Al-Zahra University students chanted: “Raisi get lost”, “mullahs must get lost”, and “death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Leader (Khamenei)”

Today, Saturday, October 8, on the 23rd day of the nationwide uprising, students, women, and youths have risen in different parts of Tehran and in cities across the country with cries of “death to the dictator, death to Khamenei, I will kill whoever killed my sister.”

While the regime’s president Raisi was visiting Al-Zahra University in Tehran, students chanted “Raisi get lost”, “mullahs must get lost” and “death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Leader (Khamenei)”.

In Tehran, people protested in various areas, such as Shahr Theater subway, Mellat Street, Amir Kabir Street, Cheragh Bargh Bazaar, Galubandak, Janat Abad, Saadat Abad, Keshavarz Boulevard, and Sadeghieh Square. The terrified Revolutionary Guards used teargas and fired shots in some areas.

People and students demonstrated outside the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. The repressive forces started shooting outside the university and on Azadi Street. There were hit-and-run clashes in the streets of the area. Some of the shopkeepers of Lalezar Street closed their shops and joined the protesters on the street.

The people joining students in Karaj staged a massive demonstration chanting “freedom, freedom”, “death to the Supreme Leader after many long years of crimes” and “If we don’t stand together, we will be finished one by one”. The youth set fire to the trash containers to block the path of the suppressive forces shooting at people. Gohardasht and Pardis of Karaj were the scenes of demonstrations and protesters chanted “death to the dictator” and drivers showed their solidarity by honking continuously and blocking the street.

In Mashhad, people marched toward Ferdowsi University in their mass demonstrations. They blocked the road on Hakimi Blvd and threw incendiary materials at the repressive agents who were trying to disperse them by firing tear gas. In Varamin, the defiant youths set fire to the suppressive Basij paramilitary base.

In Sanandaj, by setting up the fire, brave youths took control of Jam-e Jam Street and junction and its surroundings while chanting “death to the dictator” and clashing with the State Security Force and plainclothes agents. The cities of Arak, Rasht, Isfahan, Jolfa, Shahinshahr, Rafsanjan, Khorramabad, Islamabad, and Shiraz are scenes of similar protests and demonstrations.

Today, the students in the universities of Tehran, Sharif, Polytechnic, Tehran Azad University, Qazvin, Khorasgan, Isfahan, Mashhad, Razi of Kermanshah, Karaj, staged demonstrations, chanting “freedom, freedom, freedom”, “student dies, but will not be humiliated”, “dignified student, supports support”, “students cry out for your rights” and “death to the Supreme Leader after many long years of crimes”.

Bazaar merchants in many cities such as Sanandaj, Baneh, Mahabad, Saqqez, Bukan, Marivan, and Divandera, parts of Tehran, and Shiraz went on a massive strike despite the threats of the repressive forces.

Last night, the defiant youth in Zanjan set fire to a war tank model in Army Square. In Tehran, young protesters set fire to a large banner displaying Qassem Soleimani and Revolutionary Guard Commander Hossein Hamedani’s portrait on one of the bridges.

Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), hailed the defiant youth and said that Iran has risen up on the 23^rd day of the uprising! The cries of death to the dictator and death to Khamenei by the youth, students, and Bazaar merchants from Sanandaj to Tehran and from Isfahan and Mashhad to Kerman have spread all over Iran. This is an uprising that will continue until the religious dictatorship is overthrown and freedom is achieved.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)

October 8, 2022