{"id":239474,"date":"2021-05-10T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=239474"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:56:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:56:16","slug":"core-message-of-ongoing-iran-protests-in-recent-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/core-message-of-ongoing-iran-protests-in-recent-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Message of Ongoing Iran Protests in Recent Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranprotests1052021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranprotests1052021.jpg\" alt=\"Iranprotests1052021\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranprotests1052021.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranprotests1052021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranprotests1052021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranprotests1052021-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranprotests1052021-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Protests continue to erupt across Iran. All walks of life <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/protests-shiraz-tehran-ilam-urmia-20210508\" rel=\"noopener\">hold rallies<\/a> and protest the regime\u2019s wrong policies amid the Covid-19 outbreak. Since protests in Iran are spreading and intensifying, it is necessary to understand their core message.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Sunday, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-pensioners-20210509\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian retirees and pensioners<\/a> of the Social Security Organization held their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-nationwide-rallies-by-retirees-and-students-despite-repressive-measures\/\" rel=\"noopener\">nationwide<\/a> protests in dozen cities across Iran. They have held numerous protests, sometimes twice a week, demanding their pensions adjusted with the inflation rate and protested the regime\u2019s inaction and corruption.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/round-up-of-iran-protests-people-hold-protests-amid-covid-19-pandemic\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Simultaneously<\/a> teachers with \u201cgreen record\u201d held a rally in front of the regime\u2019s parliament, protesting unemployment and officials\u2019 hollow promises. These teachers have been newly graduated with a \u201cgreen record,\u201d which means they have acquisition academic rank and a high level of qualification.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In recent days, students held protest rallies in dozen cities to protest taking in-person exams instead of online, given the Coronavirus pandemic. The regime\u2019s repressive measures, such as sending threatening text messages to students and contacting their parents in various cities, failed to prevent students from holding their rallies.<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Defying a wave of repressive measure by the Iranian regime, retirees and pensioners of the Social Security Organization took to the streets and held protest rallies across <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> on Sunday.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zc7fQWUCtF\">https:\/\/t.co\/zc7fQWUCtF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1391458949430317059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Slogans in all the protests mentioned above are not just mere social and economic demands. For example, retirees on Sunday were chanting: \u201cimprisoned worker should be freed,\u201d \u201cWe won\u2019t vote anymore, we\u2019ve heard too many lies,\u201d \u201cWe suffer from injustice and Covid-19, no one cares about us,\u201d \u201cretirees, stand up again injustice and oppression.\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<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These slogans and the intensifying protests have terrified the regime. \u201cIn social protests, what is important is that a simple civil request has become a matter of security,\u201d wrote the state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mostaghel<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily on Sunday.<\/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><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following the major Iran protests in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-november-2019-uprising-and-its-amplifications\/\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2019<\/a>, the regime successfully using the Covid-19 pandemic through cover-up and inaction reduced the number of protests.\u00a0 The regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called the deadly virus a \u201cblessing\u201d and \u201ctest\u201d and used it to control the restive society.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But now, since people are grappling with extreme poverty, the regime cannot prevent people from protests by continuing its inhumane Covid-19 protests.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Social protests have intensified and spread within the last four months. For example, the retirees initially held their protests in limited towns, but gradually more people joined these rallies, and these protests spread across Iran. Now, other walks of life, from the defrauded investors of the stock market to workers, teachers, and students, have joined the protests.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei and his regime are witnessing these intensifying protests. But they can neither completely oppress them, as this will intensify protests due to the society\u2019s explosiveness; nor the regime can refuse to oppress these protests, as they would spread rapidly.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s deadlock in dealing with these protests has caused protests to continue and intensify.<\/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 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0why the state-run media warn of these ongoing protests. The state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily on April 14 reflected the regime\u2019s fear of an uprising of the \u201cArmy of starving people\u201d and the consequences of the \u201cPeriodic protests\u201d and their \u201csudden growth.\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests continue to erupt across Iran. All walks of life hold rallies and protest the regime&rsquo;s wrong policies amid the Covid-19 outbreak. 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