Protests Continue in Iranian Universities Against the Regime
Written by Hamideh Taati on 15 January 2020.
THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS OF THE IRAN PROTESTS.
15TH OF JANUARY, 2020:
UPDATE ON IRAN PROTESTS:
January 15 – Sanandaj, western Iran – Kurdistan University students chanting:
“Shame on you!” to a man walking on a U.S. flag.
“Basij must get lost!” in reference to the regime’s IRGC paramilitary Basij forces.
January 15 – Sanandaj, western #Iran
Kurdistan University students chanting:
"Shame on you!" to a man walking on a U.S. flag.
"Basij must get lost!" in reference to the regime's IRGC paramilitary Basij forces.#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/RTUStToLU5— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 15, 2020
January 15 – Sanandaj, western Iran – Kurdistan University students chanting:
“IRGC, have some shame! Let go of the country!”
“Proud college students, support, support!”
January 15 – Sanandaj, western #Iran
Kurdistan University students chanting:
"IRGC, have some shame! Let go of the country!"
"Proud college students, support, support!"#IranProtestspic.twitter.com/vFcd1atJhr— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) January 15, 2020
The latest Iran Protests fit into a much larger pattern.
“The latest #IranProtests fit into a much larger pattern.Public demonstrations in the Islamic Republic seldom remain focused on the specific issues that spark them precisely bcz #Iranians understand that the root of their problems is the regime that governs them,”@ProfSheehan pic.twitter.com/LIuOu5t8sR
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 15, 2020
IRAN NEWS IN BRIEF, JANUARY 15, 2020
Iran: Student Protests for a Fourth Straight Day.
Iran Judiciary Official: 30 Protesters Arrested Amid Recent Protests.
Another Protester Detained During Iran Protests Tortured to Death.
Iran: 104 Women Executed During Rouhani’s Tenure.
MARYAM RAJAVI THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF RESISTANCE OF IRAN (NCRI) WROTE ON TWITTER:
The countdown for the clerical regime has begun.
The countdown for the clerical regime has begun- Message to the convention in California, “Iranian people’s uprising for freedom” #Iran #FreeIranhttps://t.co/PeapFiCJ3G pic.twitter.com/gjyxsIWzdX
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 15, 2020
It is imperative and urgent to activate the trigger mechanism and reinstating six United Nations Security Council resolutions against the Iranian regime.
It is imperative and urgent to activate the trigger mechanism and reinstating six United Nations Security Council resolutions against the Iranian regime #Iran pic.twitter.com/CmnK84oA6o
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 15, 2020
NCRI STATEMENT:
Yesterday, January 14, 2020, simultaneous with the four-day demonstrations by students and the people of Iran in 19 provinces across the country, defiant youth targeted the base for Fat’h battalion of the so-called Vali Asr Division in Behbahan. This base played a very active role in the suppression of the people of Behbahan during the November 2019 uprising. Simultaneously, posters of Khomeini, Khamenei, and Qassem Soleimani were torched in several locations in Tehran, Islamshahr, Zanjan, Shahr-e Kord, Marivan, Sabzevar, and Iranshahr.
#IranProtests: Defiant Youth Target Fat’H Battalion of the Vali Asr Division, Torch Posters of Khomeini, #Khamenei, and #Soleimani https://t.co/Fo6O2h6aRI#FreeIran2020#FreeAllProtesters
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 15, 2020
UPDATE ON IRAN PROTESTS:
Statement by the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Maryam Rajavi on the fourth day of the student protests in Iran:
Maryam Rajavi: I urge the UN Secretary-General, UN Security Council and all international human rights organizations to take immediate steps to free the detainees.
I urge the UN Secretary General, UN Security Council and all international #HumanRights organizations to take immediate steps to free the detainees #IranProtests #Iranhttps://t.co/cckTlLOK9M pic.twitter.com/2rr7L6vXge
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 14, 2020
MARYAM RAJAVI PRAISED THE PROTESTING STUDENTS, AND CALLED ON ALL THE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH, TO SUPPORT THEM.
Mrs. #MaryamRajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), praised the protesting students, and called on all the people, especially the youth, to support them.https://t.co/cUMs1dHUzy#Iran #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/meLXs5X3ho
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 14, 2020
COMMEMORATING VICTIMS OF THE UKRAINIAN AIRLINER CRASH, AT ASHRAF 3
Commemorating victims of the Ukrainian airliner crash, at Ashraf 3 #UkrainianPlane #Iran pic.twitter.com/2wNzxkRJtG
— Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) January 14, 2020
NCRI STATEMENT:
Iran: Student Protests for a Fourth Straight Day
Iran Protests – No. 8
UNIVERSITIES IN TEHRAN WERE SCENES OF PROTESTS TODAY AT NOON.
Students at the University of Tehran department of medicine gathered in protest in front of the university mosque and chanted anti-regime slogans, including “Don’t call me a seditionist! You are the sedition, you tyrant!” “Be afraid, be afraid, we are all together,” “Command in chief, resign, resign,” “The IRGC commits crimes, leader supports it,” “Shame, shame on the state TV and radio,” “Death to oppressor, whether it be the Shah or the Leader,” “1,500 is the death count for November,” “Calls for justice from all this injustice,” “Death to the principle of velayat-e faqih,” “We did not sacrifice just to surrender and praise a murderous leader,” “We will die, we will die, and reclaim Iran,” and “political prisoners must be freed.”
Iran: Student Protests for a Fourth Straight Day https://t.co/cUMs1dHUzy#Iran #IranProtests
— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 14, 2020
IRANIAN SECURITY FORCES IN TEHRAN DISPATCHED TO CRACKDOWN ON STUDENT PROTESTS.
January 14, 2020—As protests continued in many different Tehran universities on Tuesday, the Iranian regime dispatched large contingents of security forces to crack down on demonstrations. Protests began on Saturday after Iranian officials admitted, following a three-day delay, that security forces had shot down a civilian passenger plane flying from Tehran to Kyiv, Ukraine.
NCRI WOMEN’S COMMITTEE:
WOMEN OF IRAN IMPACT NEW WAVE OF PROTESTS JANUARY 2020.
Support Iranian women’s quest for freedom and equality.
US Senator Martha McSally supports Iran Protests:
Iranians are showing us what’s in their hearts: they are freedom-loving just like every God-created person, and they deserve freedom for themselves and their families. Our prayers are with them tonight.
Iranians are showing us what’s in their hearts: they are freedom-loving just like every God-created person and they deserve freedom for themselves & their families. Our prayers are with them tonight. pic.twitter.com/cdFGcRk8N1
— Martha McSally (@MarthaMcSally) January 14, 2020
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020, marks the 62nd day since the beginning of the nationwide Iran protests.
The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has identified 704 of the more than 1500 protesters killed by the regime so far.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has called on the United Nations to urgently send an international fact-finding mission to Iranian prisons to meet with the detainees.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE UPRISING:
Number of uprising cities: 191
Number of martyrs: At least 1500
Number of injured: More than 4,000
Number of detainees: More than 12,000
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