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NCRI – Following the broadcast of a TV series by the state-run broadcaster IRIB insulting the Iranian Bakhtiari community, a wave of protests engulfed a number of cities across the country on Thursday and Friday, particularly in the south and western cities including Dezful, Masjed-Soleyman, Farsan, Aligudarz, Doroud, Ize, Azna and Lali.<\/p>\n
In the anti-government rallies protesters chanted slogans against senior mullahs\u2019 regime officials including Ezzatollah Zarghami, the head of IRIB, and clashed with units of Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and other regime’s repressive forces.<\/p>\n
On Friday, February 14th, in the cities of Dezful, Masjed-Soleyman, Izei and Lali, while the regime was holding its so-called Friday prayer sermons, protesters took to the streets and chanted \u201cDeath to Zarghami\u201d, \u201cBakhtiaris will die but not accept insults\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t make us resort to guns\u201d.<\/p>\n
The protest in Dezful led to clashes between the youths and regime\u2019s repressive forces in various parts of the city.<\/p>\n
In these skirmishes the youth broke the windows of at least 30 vehicles belonging to security units. They also clashed with a unit of \u2018NOPO\u2019 (special forces dedicated to Khamenei) who had placed barriers and attacked the demonstrators.<\/p>\n
In these clashes the youths were able to destroy or remove the barriers.<\/p>\n
Residents of Dezful were attacked by the regime\u2019s repressive police but they resisted by throwing rocks in self-defense. A senior police commander was injured and forced to flee the scene, according to some reports.<\/p>\n
In addition to the police and special units, intelligence elements and plainclothes agents also used batons and tear gas to attack the demonstrators.<\/p>\n