{"id":231993,"date":"2020-12-27T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T16:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=231993"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:28:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:28:12","slug":"anniversary-of-2018-iran-protests-and-international-communitys-obligations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/anniversary-of-2018-iran-protests-and-international-communitys-obligations\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary of 2018 Iran Protests, and International Community\u2019s Obligations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Iran:<\/p>\n

December 28 marks the third anniversary of the first series of significant Iran protests in 2017-2018. The uprising\u2019s core message, \u2018regime change\u2019 in Iran, has lasted to this day, showing the Iranian people\u2019s genuine desire. The international community must support this desire.<\/p>\n

The nationwide Iran protests started in the city of Mashhad, northeast Iran, with people protesting the regime\u2019s economic mismanagement, which had resulted in unbridled inflation, increasing prices, and poverty.<\/p>\n

The protest soon became political, encompassing over 190 cities across Iran, with people chanting \u201cdeath to the dictator.\u201d The regime responded by brutally suppressing people, killing dozens, and arresting thousands. The death toll continues to rise as the regime executes or issues death sentences for the detained protesters. Mostafa Salehi<\/a>, executed on August 5, 2020, was the last martyr of the 2018 uprising.<\/p>\n

During their protests, the Iranian people rejected any possibility of reform within the mullahs\u2019 regime and condemned both factions of the regime, the so-called \u201chardliners\u201d and \u201creformists.\u201d Protesters chanted, \u201creformist, hardliner, the game is over.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIran\u2019s Year of Uprising\u201d<\/div><\/div>
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