{"id":243433,"date":"2021-07-18T09:33:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T14:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=243433"},"modified":"2023-01-31T04:18:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T03:18:33","slug":"protests-in-khuzestan-another-aspect-of-irans-restive-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/protests-in-khuzestan-another-aspect-of-irans-restive-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests in Khuzestan, Another Aspect of Iran\u2019s Restive Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-NCRI-Protests\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-243434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-NCRI-Protests.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-NCRI-Protests\" width=\"1000\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-NCRI-Protests.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-NCRI-Protests-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-NCRI-Protests-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-NCRI-Protests-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-NCRI-Protests-696x422.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Protests erupted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/video-the-uprising-of-the-people-of-khuzestan-in-ahvaz-shush-karkheh-susangerd-and-kut-abdullah-on-saturday-july-17-2021\/\">Khuzestan<\/a>, southwest Iran, due to water shortages. These protests showed the depth of Iran\u2019s water crisis. Angry locals clashed with security forces, chanting \u201cPeople want regime change,\u201d showing society\u2019s restiveness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&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\">July 17 &#8211; Ahvaz, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Activists are uploading videos online showing how regime authorities are dispatching many anti-riot units to quell the locals&#39; protests over severe water shortages.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8eZahqMGUN\">pic.twitter.com\/8eZahqMGUN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1416677736760836103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 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\">The international media also covered the anti-regime slogans chanted during the protests. \u201cDuring some of the protests, people vented their anger with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, chanting \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj2y8252ezxAhXlg_0HHRWDDZYQFjAAegQIBBAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fmiddle-east%2Fyouth-killed-iran-water-crisis-protests-2021-07-17%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw3PFQgRb9AbYQWLWJ6wN-Xl\">Death to the dictator<\/a>\u2019 and \u2018Death to Khamenei,\u2019\u201d Reuters reported on July 17.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The current protests in Khuzestan reveal the different aspects of a deep and comprehensive crisis.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After 42 years of plundering, the regime\u2019s devastating policies have created a water crisis. The Revolutionary Guards<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc-part-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> (IRGC)<\/a> has built hundreds of unscientific dams to generate income for covering its expenses and military purposes. Thus, the country\u2019s important water resources, such as Lake Urmia and the wetlands of\u00a0Gavkhoni, Parishan,\u00a0Bakhtegan, etc., have been destroyed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Once the only navigable river in Iran, Karun has now become an almost dry stream due to the construction of 24 dams by the IRGC.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to water shortages, Iranians, particularly those in Khuzestan province, now face power outages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranians are left without electricity for hours in the scorching heat, due to the lack of expansion of the electricity infrastructure in proportion to consumption growth; Mass cryptocurrency mining by the IRGC and Chinese companies, with large consumption of Iranian electricity, and the export of electricity to neighboring countries to generate the currency needed for repression, terrorism, and filling the pockets of official.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Besides, Iranian are now grappling with Covid-19, and due to the regime\u2019s inhumane policies, Iran is now experiencing its fifth Covid-19 wave. Yet, the regime refuses to vaccinate people. The situation in provinces like Khuzestan and\u00a0Sistan, and\u00a0Baluchestan\u00a0is critical, with hundreds of people dying daily.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">People are also facing rampant inflation and skyrocketing prices. According to the regime\u2019s engineered statistics, Iranian households lose 20% of their purchasing power annually. According to the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily, \u201cEhsan Soltani is one of the experts who believe that the real inflation rate in June was 71%, and this rate has been calculated by realizing the announced statistics and adapting it to the market realities. Considering this announcement rate, we conclude that the announced inflation rate by the Statistics Center is 28% lower than the real inflation.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-219239\" 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\">The National Council of Resistance of Iran released a statement regarding the recent protests. \u201cMrs.\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Maryam Rajavi<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/the-national-council-resistance-iran-ncri\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NCRI<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">), saluted the arisen people of Ahvaz and Khuzestan Province who, in dire need of water and freedom, have come to the streets. Mrs. Rajavi called on all youths to rush to the aid of the people of Khuzestan, especially those wounded. She said that opening fire on unarmed residents and the martyrdom of the brave sons of the people in\u00a0Shadegan, Kut-Abdollah, and Kuy\u00a0Zovieyeh, again demonstrated that\u00a0as long as\u00a0the plundering mullahs remain in power, poverty, unemployment, and disease will continue. The mullahs deny the people water, power, bread, housing, and vaccines to provide for the unpatriotic nuclear and missile projects and their warmongering in the region.\u201d reads the NCRI\u2019s statement in part.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests erupted in Khuzestan, southwest Iran, due to water shortages. These protests showed the depth of Iran&rsquo;s water crisis. 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