{"id":251441,"date":"2021-11-26T15:55:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T20:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=251441"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:38:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:38:05","slug":"protests-in-isfahan-how-the-regime-responded-to-cries-for-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/protests-in-isfahan-how-the-regime-responded-to-cries-for-water\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN: Protests in Isfahan, How the Regime Responded to Cries for Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following months of desperate efforts to gain their right to irrigation, the farmers of Isfahan began their sit-in on November 7, vowing to remain at the dried riverbed of Zayandeh Rud until the state fulfills its promise from last summer and pours water back into the river. Absence genuine care for agriculture, the regime has been literally stealing their water, holding it behind multiple IRGC-constructed dams<\/a>, and diverting it to state-owned facilities to advance its malign ambitions. Now, the farmers\u2019 demands have become political and today, they started chanting \u201cDeath to the dictator.\u201d <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the security forces raiding their sit-in and burning down their tents last night, farmers in Isfahan started their protests on Friday.\u00a0\u00a0They had called on their fellow citizens for a large gathering on Friday. When farmers gathered at the Pol-e Khaju area early in the morning, anti-riot police and Basij militia forces attacked them with teargas and batons. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, farmers stood their ground and resisted the regime\u2019s security forces.\u00a0Even though the regime\u2019s anti-riot forces had burned the farmers<\/a>\u2019 tents and forced them to disperse on Thursday morning,\u00a0state-run media tried to blame\u00a0the\u00a0farmers or \u201copportunists\u201d for this attack.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Protesters in Isfahan resist crackdown by security forces, chant anti-regime slogans<\/div><\/div>
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