{"id":243517,"date":"2021-07-20T07:49:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T12:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=243517"},"modified":"2023-02-08T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:34:03","slug":"protests-over-water-shortages-reflect-broader-political-trends-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/protests-over-water-shortages-reflect-broader-political-trends-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests over Water Shortages Reflect Broader Political Trends in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ahwaz-03.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ahwaz-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-243384\" title=\"Ahwaz-02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ahwaz-02.jpg\" alt=\"Ahwaz-02\" width=\"1000\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ahwaz-02.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ahwaz-02-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ahwaz-02-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ahwaz-02-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ahwaz-02-696x413.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Ahwaz-03.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since Thursday, the Iranian province of Khuzestan has been the site of numerous large-scale protests over worsening <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/the-cause-of-irans-worsening-water-crisis\/\" rel=\"noopener\">water shortages<\/a>. The demonstrations emerged within weeks of the start of similarly expansive protests in Khuzestan and various other regions, stemming from lengthy and far-reaching blackouts\u00a0in the midst of\u00a0the summer heat. The blackout issue remains unresolved, and many of those protests are still ongoing while the water shortage protests threaten to extend far beyond Khuzestan. Even Iranian state media acknowledges that over a quarter of Iran\u2019s\u00a084\u00a0million person\u00a0population has been affected by those shortages in recent years.<\/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 19\u2014Khuzestan, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>Activists reporting authorities opening fire on locals protesting over severe water shortages.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062e\u0648\u0632\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DMCX0s93OA\">pic.twitter.com\/DMCX0s93OA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1417195639734095877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">Both protest <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-protests-water-shortage-pensioners-20210718\" rel=\"noopener\">movements<\/a> squarely take aim at the Iranian regime\u2019s policies and, indeed, at the regime itself. To a great extent, the water shortages are driven by the proliferation of dams built either by the government and by the numerous front companies for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. By most estimates, the IRGC controls the vast majority of the country\u2019s GDP, and this is a testament to the lack of both internal and external restraints on its self-enriching behavior.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On July 4, the state-run newspaper\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hamdeli<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0acknowledged that \u201cexperts\u2019 warnings about not building dams and building wells have always been neglected,\u201d with the result being that \u201cthe water shortage crisis is now threatening the lives of millions.\u201d Accordingly, activism is steadily growing among that population, but so far there has been no\u00a0indication that the IRGC or regime authorities are any more inclined to listen to public pressure than to pressure from experts. This is presumably why the ongoing protests in Khuzestan have assumed a distinctly anti-government tone, with slogans that are reminiscent of previous mass uprisings in support of regime change.<\/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 19 &#8211; Ramhormoz, southwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br \/>Locals are taking control over their city roads and protesting severe water shortages.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8KalKXWyZ6\">pic.twitter.com\/8KalKXWyZ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1417205349111709703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 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\">Participants in those protests have been heard to chant \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d and \u201cdeath to Khamenei\u201d in reference to the ultimate authority over all matters of state. The same slogans were heard in the protests over blackouts, alongside the even more explicit slogan, \u201cDeath to the\u00a0Khamenei.\u201d The National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-fifth-consecutive-night-of-protests-in-ahvaz-hamidiyeh-kut-abdollah-veys-susangerd-and-shooshtar\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday<\/a> which referenced both protest movements and was still more explicit about its expectations.<\/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\">\u201cThe 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 the statement said after conveying a call-to-action from NCRI President-elect, Mrs.\u00a0Maryam Rajavi to all Iranian activists, especially the young. She appealed to them to \u201crush to the aid of the people of Khuzestan, especially the wounded,\u201d then pointed to the regime\u2019s repression of dissent as evidence that \u201cas long as\u202fthe plundering mullahs remain in power, poverty, unemployment, and disease will continue.\u201d<\/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\">I hail the arisen people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ahvaz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ahvaz<\/a> and all over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khuzestan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khuzestan<\/a> Province who have taken to the streets thirsting for water and freedom. The mullahs\u2019 predatory regime has deprived our people from water, electricity, bread, and vaccines. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1416335777441660930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 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 Iranian Resistance has openly advocated for regime change since very soon after the 1979 revolution and the advent of the current regime. It reiterated that position before a vast global audience earlier this month when it held the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/free-iran-world-summit\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Iran World Summit<\/a>, a live-streamed event connecting Iranian expatriate gatherings in 17 countries and featuring speeches from dozens of American and European supporters of the democratic Resistance movement.<\/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 a speech on the first day of the three-day event, Mrs. Rajavi urged the international community to support the Iranian people\u2019s struggle for regime change and\u00a0underlined\u00a0that this support will become more vital than ever before in the \u201cnew era\u201d that is set to begin August 5 with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-a-mass-murderer-for-president\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi\u2019<\/a>s inauguration as the regime\u2019s new president. Raisi was \u201cselected\u201d on June 18, but\u00a0the vast majority of\u00a0the population sat out the\u00a0tightly-controlled\u00a0proceedings as an act of protest over his history of human rights abuses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 1988, Raisi was a major participant in a massacre of political prisoners which left over 30,000 people dead. In late 2019 and early 2020, as judiciary chief, he oversaw the crackdown on dissent following a nationwide uprising that spanned nearly 200 localities and contributed to the mainstream embrace of anti-government slogans that were taken up by residents of Khuzestan last week. These and other incidents underline that Raisi is being installed as president for the express purpose of expanding the repression of dissent even further.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/2077cfe36d0d\/mvalhuta4du\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" 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\">On the other hand, the Iranian people will actively push back against this trend. The Khuzestan protests are evidence of that. But as reports continue to emerge of authorities opening fire on those protests and conducting mass arrests,\u00a0the situation should also serve as a reminder to Western powers about the need for policies that safeguard the Iranian people and discourage the regime from further violations of human rights.<\/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\">At the conclusion of the Free Iran World Summit, Mrs. Rajavi referred to Raisi\u2019s pending inauguration as a \u201clitmus test of whether [the international community] will engage and deal with this genocidal regime or stand with the Iranian people.\u201d But the world need not wait for that test. It can stand with the Iranian people right this moment by supporting them in the face of clashes with authorities in Khuzestan and any other place where unrest emerges between now and August 5.<\/span><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>Since Thursday, the Iranian province of Khuzestan has been the site of numerous large-scale protests over worsening water shortages. 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