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UPDATE: 11:00 PM CET
Iran Orders Shutdown as Crowds Chant ‘Death to the Dictator!’ During Economic Crisis
Businesses, universities, and government offices closed their doors in 21 provinces for one day, Fox News reported on Wednesday.
“Video footage circulating online and shared by the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) shows intense clashes between protesters and security forces in cities, including Shiraz, Isfahan, Kermanshah and Tehran,” the outlet said.
People were reportedly seen and heard chanting “Death to Khamenei!” referring to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran.
UPDATE: 05:30 PM CET
America’s Founding Promise Belongs to Iran: The Right to Revolution
In 1776, a band of colonists declared a truth that altered the trajectory of human history: when a government becomes destructive of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, it is the right of the people to throw it off and provide new guards for their future security. We celebrate this principle every Fourth of July. We teach it to our children as the bedrock of civic virtue. We have carved it into the very stone of our national monuments. Yet today, as the Iranian people rise against a theocracy that has murdered, tortured, and terrorized them for nearly half a century, the international community—and too often our own leadership—hesitates to affirm the very right we hold sacred. This contradiction does more than stall diplomacy; it diminishes our own moral standing.
UPDATE: 11:30 AM CET
Uprising in Iran Enters Ninth Day with Mass Protests and Intensified Repression
Demonstrations resume in several cities as the regime launches mass arrests in Ilam. Night-time protests took place in Tehran, Arak, Isfahan and other cities, with slogans such as ‘It’s the year of blood, Khamenei will be overthrown’. The nationwide uprising against Iran’s religious dictatorship entered its ninth consecutive day on Monday, 5 January 2026. Following a bloody Sunday marked by the regime’s attack on a hospital in Ilam and violent clashes in Tehran, the protests show no signs of slowing down.
Reports from across the country indicate that demonstrations have resumed in Tehran’s commercial districts and have spread significantly to the western provinces, especially Kermanshah. What began as a reaction to economic collapse has consolidated into a political movement demanding the overthrow of the ruling theocracy. The PMOI, Iran’s main organised opposition force, published on Monday 5 January the verified names of 13 additional martyrs of the uprising, bringing the total number of identified martyrs of freedom to 31.
UPDATE: 08:00 AM CET
Live report: Day 11 of Iran Uprising; Strikes paralyze Shiraz, Tehran, and Kermanshah markets
The nationwide uprising against the religious dictatorship in Iran has entered its eleventh day on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. What began on December 28, 2025, as a protest against economic collapse has firmly transformed into a political revolution. Following a historic tenth day, which saw the people of Abdanan (Ilam Province) temporarily liberate their city and occupy a police station while Tehran’s Grand Bazaar resembled a “war zone,” the momentum has only accelerated. On Wednesday, reports indicate that the spirit of resistance has spread further, with students, market merchants, and even political prisoners uniting in their call for the downfall of the regime.
Soheila Azizi, the Second Woman Executed in Iran in 2026
Soheila Azizi had previously been arrested on charges related to drug-related offenses and, following judicial proceedings in the Revolutionary Court, was sentenced to death. No official statement or public notification has been issued by the authorities of Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad or by relevant judicial and executive bodies regarding the execution. Under the mullahs’ rule in Iran, the operatives of the Revolutionary Guards’ network, who traffic vast quantities of narcotics and addict the youth of Iran and the Middle East, openly supply prisoners in the regime’s jails with drugs to break their resistance. Those responsible not only face no punishment but enjoy lives of extreme luxury, while vulnerable individuals such as Soheila Azizi, driven by extreme poverty and unemployment, are sentenced to death and executed.
Iranians in Oslo Rally to Support Iran Protests, Calling for a Free and Democratic Republic
Oslo, Norway — January 6, 2026 — Once again, in support of the nationwide uprising in Iran and the brave protesters, freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a rally in Oslo. In solidarity with the nationwide protests in Iran, participants braved snowy, sub-zero temperatures and chanted anti-regime slogans to express their support for compatriots who have risen up inside Iran.
Iranians in Ottawa and Toronto Rally to Support Iran Protests, Calling for a Free and Democratic Republic
Ottawa and Toronto, Canada — January 3, 2026 — In solidarity with the nationwide uprising in Iran and its brave protesters, freedom-loving Iranians, supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), held rallies in Ottawa and Toronto. Participants braved snowy, sub-zero temperatures and chanted anti-regime slogans to express their support for compatriots who have risen up inside Iran.
Iranians Rally in Brussels in Support of Iran Protests, Calling for a Free and Democratic Republic
Brussels, Belgium — January 3, 2026 — Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in front of the Iranian regime’s embassy in Brussels in snowy, sub-zero temperatures to express solidarity with the nationwide protests in Iran that began on December 28, 2025. Braving the freezing weather, participants echoed the call of their compatriots inside Iran for a free and democratic republic.
Annual Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran in 2025 – Part 4
This section constitutes the fourth part of the annual report on human rights violations in Iran in 2025. Previous sections examined, first, the violation of the right to life and the unprecedented increase in executions, followed by the systematic escalation of violations against prisoners’ rights. What follows is a continuation of the same logic of repression exercised within prisons and through death sentences—this time focusing on violations of women’s rights across all levels, from detention and the judicial system to everyday life in society. In 2025, violence against women in Iran did not manifest as isolated incidents, but rather as an integrated legal and administrative order. Laws, public policies, and executive practices collectively functioned to render gender discrimination not an exception, but the governing norm of women’s social existence. Within this framework, women’s lives and public presence became arenas for simultaneous control, punishment, and state surveillance.
Abdanan Uprising: Residents Reclaim the City as Fear Fades from the Streets
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026, the city of Abdanan, located in Ilam Province, witnessed events that its residents say they will never forget. The streets turned into scenes of large public gatherings as people openly voiced their dissatisfaction with Iran’s political and economic conditions. What began as a protest quickly went beyond a routine demonstration and evolved into a rare display of public solidarity and collective courage. From the early hours of the day, groups of citizens gathered in central areas of Abdanan. Protest slogans echoed loudly through the streets. Demonstrators chanted “Death to the dictator,” expressing opposition to the overall ruling structure. As crowds continued to grow, the atmosphere of the city changed entirely, and effective control slipped out of the hands of government forces.
At Least 31 Killed, over 2,000 Arrested in Iran Protests
As protests and strikes in Iran entered their eleventh day, reports indicate a rising death toll, widespread arrests of citizens, and the expansion of security forces’ crackdowns to hospitals, reflecting new dimensions of repression by the Iranian regime. According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the largest opposition coalition, the tenth day of nationwide protests took place after at least 285 locations in 92 cities across 27 provinces had witnessed protest gatherings, labor strikes, or street actions over the past 10 days. At the same time, 22 universities have also been scenes of student protests. Among the newly identified martyrs are two teenagers aged 14 and 15, and two 17-year-olds, who were brutally targeted by the regime’s forces.
Threats from the Top: Regime Police Chief’s Rhetoric Reveals Fear Amid Iran’s Expanding Uprising
As nationwide protests persist, Iran regime’s security commanders revert to intimidation, exposing anxiety rather than authority. As Iran’s nationwide uprising enters its second week, the regime has once again reached for a familiar tool: threats from the top of the security apparatus. Recent statements by Ahmad-Reza Radan, commander of the regime’s Law Enforcement Forces and a long-standing figure in protest suppression, underscore not confidence, but mounting fear within the regime. Radan’s remarks, delivered in an openly menacing tone and amplified by state-run media, were issued against the backdrop of expanding protests and visible cracks in the regime’s ability to maintain control.