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Iran News in Brief – November 21, 2022

Written by Sedighe Shahrokhi

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UPDATE: 8:30 PM CET

Iran Uprising at a Glance – Day 67

Based partially on reporting by PMOI (MEK) Network in Iran

Monday, November 21, 2022 – 7 PM CET

  • Days: 67
  • Protests: 243 cities
  • Fatalities: 625 estimated deaths, 503 identified by MEK
  • Detentions: 30,000+

The military crackdown on the Kurdish population of major Iranian cities in the country’s west, as well as missile and drone strikes on Iranian Kurds in Iraq, signals a new chapter in the regime’s increasingly desperate attempts to prevent the uprising from spreading by escalating the unrest beyond Iran’s borders. A formula that might have worked for it in the past as it stoked conflict in the region to suppress dissent at home, but that may be futile as it nears the abyss.

The regime has intensified its repression, as protests in the Kurdish-majority areas in western provinces of the country morph into an all-out rebellion, as whole districts of large cities and smaller towns fall under the control of protesters, and the country comes out in solidarity with their brethren in ethnic minority regions in the west and southeast.

The regime’s security forces, stretched thin by concurrent unrest in over 243 cities across 31 provinces, have struggled to formulate a coherent response as they face force attrition and exhaustion.

Appearing to have lost their grip in many places, they went on shooting rampages in the cities of Izeh in Khuzestan province and other cities, killing many young girls and boys, including a 10-year-old in Izeh. The child, Kian Pirfalak, who dreamed of evolving into a robotics engineer, became a new icon of the protests. The infanticide by regime security forces, some loudly announcing they will massacre residents’ children in attacks on protester neighborhoods, has backfired and fueled more protests in other cities.

Gripped with a nationwide insurrection, that is increasingly becoming angrier and more entrenched, the regime is now testing military force and massacres in the Kurdish region, and a new foreign adventure across the Iraqi border in that country’s Kurdish region. By all accounts, this strategy too is incoherent and likely to fail as Iranians and the world converge on a realization that the Iranian people have decided to bring the regime down in its entirety and usher in a new democratic republic.

  • Tehran, Jannat Abad district – Protesters chanted: “Death to the dictator!”, “Death to Khamenei!”
  • Tehran, Andishe district – Protesters coordinated as a group and torched a base of the IRGC paramilitary Basij using Molotov cocktails.
  • Tehran, Chitgar district – Protesters expressed national solidarity with Iranian compatriots in Kurdistan province, chanting: “Mahabad and Kurdistan are the pride of Iran!”
  • Qods City (Ghale Hassan Khan), west of Tehran – Locals established control over their streets with roadblocks on the 67th night of the nationwide uprising.
  • Bandar Abbas, southern Iran – Protesters chanted: “Death to the dictator!”
  • Mashhad, northeast Iran – A team of young protesters attacked an IRGC paramilitary Basij base using Molotov cocktails.
  • Qazvin, northwest Iran – Protesters marched against the regime and support their compatriots in Javanrud.
  • Borazjan, southern Iran – People set ablaze the office of the regime’s local Majlis (parliament) representative who had joined the call for the execution of recently arrested protesters.
  • Marvdasht, south-central Iran – Locals attended the funeral of Arman Emadi, a protester killed by the regime’s security forces, began chanting: “We will all resist to the end!” “We fight & take back Iran!”, “IRGC is our ISIS!”
  • Miandoab, south-central Iran – Protesters set ablaze the regime’s administrative buildings whose authorities were permanently closing the stores of merchants who have been on strike recently.
  • Javanrud, western Iran – Huge protests took place despite a heavy crackdown with machine guns by the IRGC and Basij.
  • Javanrud, western Iran – More footage indicated heavy gunfire as the regime’s forces gunned down innocent and defenseless locals.
  • Javanrud, western Iran – Footage of protesters standing their ground against the regime’s oppressive security forces.
  • Javanrud, western Iran – Footage of the people’s brave anti-regime protests despite the security forces’ heavy crackdown and gunfire.
  • Javanrud, western Iran – WARNING – Disturbing footage of locals gunned down by the regime’s oppressive security forces. Activists are reporting dozens were killed and injured by the regime.

  • Piranshahr, northwest Iran – People participated in a massive rally and chanting anti-regime slogans: “Death to the dictator!”, “Death to Khamenei!”, “Martyrs don’t die!”
  • Piranshahr, northwest Iran – A large number of people attended the funeral of Karevan Ghader-Shokari, a protester killed by the regime’s security forces.
  • Piranshahr, northwest Iran – Locals took control of a transit road.
  • Piranshahr, northwest Iran – Last farewell of the mother of Karevan Ghader-Shokari, a protester killed by the regime’s security forces, prior to his burial today.
  • Piranshahr, northwest Iran – More footage of IRGC and other security units opening fire on defenseless people.
  • Sanandaj, western Iran – Students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences chanted: “Death to the dictator!”
  • Bushehr, southern Iran – Regime security forces fired tear gas at protesters rallying outside the regime’s provincial governor’s office.

UPDATE: 4:30 PM CET

State Media Acknowledge The Source of All Problems is the Clerical Regime

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Iran protests continue despite the regime’s brutal crackdown. The continuation of what many consider Iran’s revolution has forced the tightly controlled state media to acknowledge that the clerical regime is to blame for all social and economic crises.

“Social crises occur when the fundamental institutions of a society dismantle or malfunction, failing to coordinate to meet the popular demands. In other words: society is unbalanced, and the [state’s] failure to fulfill the demands of the people has disrupted it,” wrote the state-run Hamdeli daily on November 20.

“The political system’s inappropriate actions in the international arena have created an economic crisis. Besides sanctions, the current economic crisis is the byproduct of the state’s policies, pervasive corruption, lack of meritocracy in choosing officials for important positions, and inflation.”

“The government should accept that anyone asking for its right is not a foreign agent. The system has failed to help families, despite having the necessary resources to address these problems. As the most important social institution, failure to resolve a family’s problems results in chaos,” the paper adds.

UPDATE: 8:00 AM CET

Iran Uprising Continues as Regime Launches Massive Crackdown in Kurdish Regions

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The nationwide uprising is entering its 66th day on Sunday as the regime launches a massive and bloody crackdown in Mahabad and other Kurdish cities across west and northwest Iran.

Regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has ordered his military and security units into the restive city of Mahabad which has witnessed escalating protests during the past few months and people taking over many, if not all, areas of the city after forcing local security units to flee.

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On International Children’s Day: Call on Security Council, European Union for Immediate Action To Stop Killing, and to Release Detained

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On the occasion of the International Children’s Day of the United Nations (November 20), the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) calls on the Security Council, the Secretary-General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Human Rights Council, and all organizations defending human rights and children’s rights, including UNICEF, as well as the European Union and its member states to condemn the mullahs’ regime for the widespread and systematic suppression and killing of children and the widespread arrest of teenagers under the age of 18 in the past two months during the nationwide uprising of the Iranian people.

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World Children’s Day – In Memory of Children Killed by State Agents in Iran

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Asra Panahi studied at Shahed high school in Ardabil. On Monday, October 13, 2022, she and her friends refused to sing an anthem praising Khamenei. Instead, they chanted slogans against the clerical regime.

The school’s principal called the security forces and plainclothes agents to help calm the protesting students. And as soon as they arrived at the school, they treated the young girls and teenagers the way they do in prisons with political prisoners and arrested protestors. At least ten girls were injured, but the conditions of Asra and another girl named Aytak, who went into a coma, were the worst.

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Iran: Mahabad Resists IRGC Heavy Attacks – Day 66 of Revolution

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On Sunday, November 20, 2022, Kurdish cities, particularly Mahabad, witnessed the Revolutionary Guards’ heavy attacks. IRGC reportedly employed armed vehicles, helicopters, and heavy machine guns to quell protests. Instead, citizens bravely resisted and became the beacon of hope on the 66th day of the revolution.

The Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) strongly condemned the regime’s assaults, calling on citizens to aid under-attack citizens in Mahabad. Notably, citizens in Tehran, Sanandaj, Javanrud, Qom, Saqqez, Kamyaran, and Piranshahr. At least four citizens Najmeddin Veisi and his brother Bahaoddin Veisi, Erfan Kakaei and his son Loqman were gunned down in Javanrud.

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Famous rapper Toomaj Salehi under torture in Isfahan Prison

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Security forces in Isfahan Central Prison have tortured the famous Iranian rapper, Toomaj Salehi. They aimed at forcing him into TV confession. The severity of his torture is such that four of his fingers have been broken.

The popular singer has been on a hunger strike at Ward A.D. in Isfahan Central Prison for six days. Toomaj had been arrested by security forces on October 30, 2022. The prison forces planned to force him to make a false confession in front of the state-run IRIB TV. Toomaj Salehi has been subjected to severe physical and psychological torture and is in dire health condition.

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Political Prisoner Yashar Tohidi Denied Medical Care in Evin Prison

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Political prisoner Yashar Tohidi was injured by a gunshot on the night of Saturday, October 15, 2022, in Evin Prison. The state agents had opened fire and attacked prisoners during a violent raid. Despite Mr. Tohidi’s deteriorating physical condition, he is deprived of appropriate medical care. Political prisoner Yashar Tohidi took 3-gun shots to his thigh during the attack. He suffers nerve swellings of his feet, so severe that he sometimes faints out. On several occasions, he was taken to the prison clinic on a stretcher and given tranquilizer and returned to the ward.

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Italy, Rome—November 18, 2022: Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Protests, Commemorating the Bloody November 2019

Italy, Rome—November 18, 2022: Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Protests

Italy, Rome—November 18, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising. They also commemorated the anniversary of the November 2019 uprising in Iran.

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Amsterdam—November 18, 2022: Iranian Resistance Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Protests, Commemorating the Bloody November 2019

Amsterdam—November 18, 2022: MEK Supporters Rally in Support of the Iran Protests

Amsterdam, the Netherlands—November 18, 2022: Freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held a rally in Dam Square in solidarity with the Iranian people’s uprising. They also commemorated the anniversary of the November 2019 uprising in Iran.

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Also, read Iran News in Brief – November 20, 2022

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