{"id":219522,"date":"2020-06-02T15:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T14:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=219522"},"modified":"2023-01-22T08:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T07:55:00","slug":"iran-regime-downplays-its-crimes-during-the-nationwide-november-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-regime-downplays-its-crimes-during-the-nationwide-november-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Regime Downplays Its Crimes During the Nationwide November Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213393\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Martyrs_Iran_Protests-new\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Martyrs_Iran_Protests-new.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Regime\u2019s MP Reduces Number of Deaths During Iran Protests From 1500 to 230 to Cover up Mullahs\u2019 Crime \" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Martyrs_Iran_Protests-new.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Martyrs_Iran_Protests-new-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Martyrs_Iran_Protests-new-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Martyrs_Iran_Protests-new-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictures of some martyrs of Iran protests, November 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mullah\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mojtaba<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zolnouri<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a member of the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, while trying to downplay the crime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s of the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0mullahs\u2019 security forces committed during the nationwide Iran protests in November<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0including the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0killing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1500 protesters, claimed:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cOnly 230\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were killed during\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">November incident<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>, which was closely tracking the number of the Iran protests martyrs, detainees and wounded, on December 15, 2019, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> there were more than 1500 martyrs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The MEK also published\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">names and pictures of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">over<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">750<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0martyrs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Martyrs of the Iran protests &ndash; November 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_JkotIRinhkM\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FJkotIRinhkM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JkotIRinhkM\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M20S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-12-17T14:57:30Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_JkotIRinhkM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FJkotIRinhkM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Martyrs of the Iran protests \u2013 November 2019<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JkotIRinhkM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FJkotIRinhkM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Martyrs of the Iran protests &ndash; November 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Martyrs of the Iran protests \u2013 November 2019 The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) has released the names of 504 protesters who have been identified so far among those killed by Iran&#039;s regime in the course of the Iran protests in November 2019. The number of martyrs of the uprising that has spread to 191 cities exceeds 1,500. Numerous minors are among the victims.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On December 23, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/reuters-confirms-ncri-s-death-tally-of-1500-from-crackdown-on-iran-protests\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters in its special report<\/a>, while citing two of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s officials, confirmed there have been over\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1500\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">deaths during the nationwide uprising in November.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Prior to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zolnouri<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, head of the parliament\u2019s security commission and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s security figure, the regime\u2019s Minister of Interior,\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-regimes-interior-minister-admits-to-killing-protesters-during-iran-protests-international-community-must-intervene\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abdolreza<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rahamani<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fazli<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, announced there\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">around<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0250\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">were killed during the Iran protests. Like\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zoulnouri<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, who blatantly claimed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c52 of those killed were security forces<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rahmani<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fazli<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0also said: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ome 40 to 45 people were killed with unofficial and unregistered guns<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d trying to shift the blame on a third party and yet justifying the regime\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">brutal suppression of protesters.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, footages obtained by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK<\/a> and circulating on the internet show the regime\u2019s forces shooting people at point-blank range, using <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">clubs and axes,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">beating protester<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran protests 2019 news update: security forces open fire on demonstrators\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_XtXMyXf714M\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXtXMyXf714M%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XtXMyXf714M\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT9M7S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-11-26T20:30:16Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_XtXMyXf714M\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXtXMyXf714M%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran protests 2019 news update: security forces open fire on demonstrators<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XtXMyXf714M\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FXtXMyXf714M%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran protests 2019 news update: security forces open fire on demonstrators\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"#IranProtests Reporting by PMOI\/MEK Iran, November 2019\u2014During the protests that erupted in Iran after a government-imposed fuel price hike, security forces brutally beat and shot demonstrators. Due to a near-total shutdown of internet services, the crackdown on the protests had remained hidden. As internet connectivity is gradually being restored, we&#039;re receiving new footage from the protests. In many cities, protesters are chanting slogans agains Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Iranian regime. There have also been many cases where demonstrators have set fire to the vehicles and buildings of security forces as well as banks and other financial insitutions which symbolize Iran&#039;s government corruption. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLqrxnz6Vvh404YFXs_1SL_krJ2JRfvLfg\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fearing further revelation of its crime, the regime imposed an unprecedented internet blackout for days.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to their fear of the international campaign led by the Iranian Resistance to condemn\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s atrocities and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the subsequent worldwide condemnation of the regime\u2019s crimes,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs were afraid of the protesters reaching out to the Iranian Resistance.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this regard,\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/mullahs-interior-minister-covers-up-crimes-against-humanity-tried-desperately-to-minimize-the-number-of-november-uprising-martyrs\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rahmani<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fazli<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0said: \u201cThey say\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rahmani<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0shut down the internet on those days. I surely did. Because they were commanding and training [people] through the internet. Why are people upset? They were looking to start a civil war. As the country\u2019s security officials, we had been tracking their activities; they were planning for months. The fuel price [hike] sparked this. It had a vast social aspect and field, yet it should have been much larger than this. They wanted to make chaos in the country and turn our country into another Syria. Preserving [the regime\u2019s] security is our priority.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iranian security forces in Javanrud directly at protesters&mdash;new footage from Iran protests 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_kxweAF_zGp0\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkxweAF_zGp0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kxweAF_zGp0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M24S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-12-06T15:28:39Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_kxweAF_zGp0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkxweAF_zGp0%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iranian security forces in Javanrud directly at protesters\u2014new footage from Iran protests 2019<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kxweAF_zGp0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FkxweAF_zGp0%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iranian security forces in Javanrud directly at protesters&mdash;new footage from Iran protests 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iran-fuel-price-increase #IranProtests Reporting by PMOI\/MEK Iran, November 2019\u2014According to new footage obtained from inside Iran, security forces in Javanrud directly fire at protesters from the local judiciary. The protests began after the gas price hike in 189+ cities in Iran. Due to a near-total internet blackout, videos and reports from the protests are coming out of Iran with delay.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime tries t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o use the current international crisis, particularly the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">COVID-19 pandemic,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to give a number of deaths during Iran protests<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to both free itself from the international pressure and avoid a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nother round of protests by the Iranian people who have said on many occasions that \u201c1500 is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">number of martyrs in November<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Facing a restive society and increasing international isolation, the regime\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">continues\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cover-up and downplaying of all the crisis and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs\u2019 crimes to avoid nationwide protests or further international pressure<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Because the regime is not able to control the next uprising.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The mullahs have been downplaying the real figure of the death due to the COVID-19, while\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sources from inside Iran and the MEK network ha<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ve<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0announced there have\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">been\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-coronavirus-death-toll-in-324-cities-exceeds-48500\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">over 4<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">8,500 death across Iran.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IRGC<\/a>) sho<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0down\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/new-information-shed-more-lights-on-the-role-of-irans-senior-officials-irgc-in-downing-ukrainian-airliner\/\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Ukrainian airliner<\/a> killing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">all\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its 176 passengers aboard, Tehran chose silence and cover-up of this crisis<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, blaming\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the crash\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">technical issue<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Once\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">information leaked and footages showed IRGC missiles\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">downing the airliner<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime was forced to admit to it,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0another round of protests erupted, with people calling the mullahs the root of all problems and unanimously demanding regime change.\u00a0 For this\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reason,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the regime now tries to use the momentum to somehow get away with its crime against humanity committed during the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nationwide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran protests in November<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. It\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has continued and will continue\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">by<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0torturing and condemning those arrested during protests to death.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On the other hand, even the regime\u2019s own claims of killing over 200 people\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">show how brutally\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regime\u2019s forces\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">suppressed the protesters and once again underline the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">need for the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">international community\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to intervene and condemn the regime. As the Iranian Resistance has repeatedly said, the United Nations and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights should immediately intervene, condemn the regime\u2019s <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">atrocities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nd prevent the regime from committing further human rights violations, and secure the release of all the detained protesters, particularly amid the coronavirus outbreak.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Background:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Major Iran protests erupted in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2019<\/a> triggering the greatest existential crisis in the regime\u2019s 40-year history. Protesters took to the streets in at least 191 cities calling for regime change. The regime has resorted to brute repression, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/27081-over-1-500-killed-in-the-iranian-people-s-nationwide-uprising-names-of-504-martyrs-released\" rel=\"noopener\">killing at least 1500<\/a> protesters and arresting thousands more. It also shut down Iran\u2019s internet completely for a week, blocking images of the protests from reaching the outside world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Protests spread across Iran over fuel rationing, gas price hike\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_HcWX76oNsoQ\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FHcWX76oNsoQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HcWX76oNsoQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT12M1S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-11-16T12:51:21Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_HcWX76oNsoQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FHcWX76oNsoQ%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Protests spread across Iran over fuel rationing, gas price hike<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HcWX76oNsoQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FHcWX76oNsoQ%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Protests spread across Iran over fuel rationing, gas price hike\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iranian-regime-tehran-fuel-gas-rallies-2019116 #IranProtests Reporting by PMOI\/MEK Iran, November 15-16, 2019\u2014Numerous cities across Iran are witnessing escalating protests in response to a gasoline price hike imposed by the mullahs\u2019 regime in Iran. People in Tehran and other major cities throughout the country are blocking roads and highways in their sign of protests. Iranian opposition President Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), hailed the protests, calling on all provinces to rise in support and against the mullahs\u2019 regime. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1195380656899006464?s=20 \u201cThis is the only way to get rid of high prices, poverty, inflation &amp; calamities the mullahs\u2019 regime has inflicted on the Iranian people,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi emphasized. Protests began Friday and continued into the evening and night hours. In addition to blocking roads, people were also seen chanting slogans indicating the protests evolving into political rallies targeting the mullahs\u2019 foreign policies. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1195419557705310208?s=20 The Iranian people are sick and tired of the fact that their God-given wealth is stolen to be used by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) to provide billions of dollars to the Assad regime in Syria, terrorists groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, Hashd al-Shaabi and other extremist militia groups in Iraq, along with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Palestine. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1195451143263928320?s=20 There are also reports of people chanting slogans against senior regime officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani. On Saturday, authorities dispatched security forces to attack the protest gatherings using tear gas and other means. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1195628519990054912?s=20 On Friday, Rouhani resorted deceptive remarks aiming to justify the recent decision to raise gasoline prices by up to threefold, claiming this increase was actually in favor of the people\u2019s interests and not aimed at compensating the regime\u2019s budget shortage from the people\u2019s pockets. Iranians in their protests are specifically targeting senior regime officials and setting their images on fire. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1195631834320629760?s=20 The Iranian regime, despite sitting on the world\u2019s fourth largest crude oil reserves, has failed to adequately provide its domestic needs and resorts to such price hikes to provide the budget needed for the mullahs\u2019 terrorism drive and other malign activities. Even regime officials have been expressing grave concerns about such a gasoline price hike. Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Relations Committee, voiced concerns about the country being a powder keg. \u201cConsidering the popular anger and concern about the price increase of fuel, the government is obliged to consider the possible consequences and societal damages of any decision and its decisions must have social reasons,\u201d he said back in May. However, Jalal Mirzaii, member of the Energy Commission in Majlis and a close aid of the Iranian regime President Hassan Rouhani\u2019s faction, explained how senior Iranian regime officials are in line on the necessity to further plunder the Iranian people. \u201cThis is a decision collectively made by the heads of the three branches of power. This is one of the few issues where the heads of the three branches have accepted responsibility and made a final decision,\u201d he said. It is worth noting that increasing fuel prices led to popular and violent protests during the tenure of former Iranian regime president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005 to 2013). Considering the current state of the Iranian economy, increasing fuel prices could be the last straw that breaks the camel&#039;s back and cause a popular uprising that is already looming large over the Islamic republic\u2019s reign.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mullah&nbsp;Mojtaba&nbsp;Zolnouri, a member of the Iranian regime&rsquo;s parliament, while trying to downplay the crimes of the&nbsp;mullahs&rsquo; security forces committed during the nationwide Iran protests in November,&nbsp;including the&nbsp;killing&nbsp;of&nbsp;1500 protesters, claimed:&nbsp;&ldquo;Only 230&nbsp;were [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":213393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-219522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-protests"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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