{"id":24083,"date":"2017-12-31T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T10:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/iran-protests\/24083-iran-taking-down-the-banner-of-khamenei-and-the-fearful-reactions-of-regime-officials"},"modified":"2024-02-16T22:16:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T21:16:56","slug":"iran-taking-down-the-banner-of-khamenei-and-the-fearful-reactions-of-regime-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-taking-down-the-banner-of-khamenei-and-the-fearful-reactions-of-regime-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN: Taking Down the Banner of Khamenei and the Fearful Reactions of Regime Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Iran Uprising \u2013 No. 14<\/p>\n<p>Courageous youth in Azadi Square took down Khamenei&#8217;s banner. The repressive forces tried to disperse the people by tear gas. The protesters chanted \u201cBastard, bastard!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Jawad Azari Jahromi, Minister of Communications and Information Technology of the regime, in a tweet sent to the Founder of the Telegram Network, wrote: &#8220;There is a Telegram channel spreading hatred, encouraging people to use Molotov cocktails, to arm and to unsettle the society. Now it&#8217;s time to stop such an encouragement by Telegram.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sqEJ_cB9-Aw&#8221; width=&#8221;660&#8243; height=&#8221;370&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allowfullscreen=&#8221;allowfullscreen&#8221;&gt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HngcxOU4DPQ&#8221; width=&#8221;660&#8243; height=&#8221;370&#8243; frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243; allowfullscreen=&#8221;allowfullscreen&#8221;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>IRGC Brigadier General Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of the Expediency Council, and former head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, fearful of the Iranian people&#8217;s uprising said: &#8220;The problem of high cost and the challenge of financial and credit institutions is serious &#8230; In any protest, it may be possible that hypocrites (referring to PMOI) and seditionists intrude but the people do not repeat their slogans, in return, the government and the parliament have to solve the problems. 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