{"id":252475,"date":"2021-12-03T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=252475"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:37:40","slug":"ongoing-protests-in-iran-is-the-country-on-the-verge-of-a-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ongoing-protests-in-iran-is-the-country-on-the-verge-of-a-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Ongoing Protests in Iran: Is the Country on the Verge of a Revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-Isfahan-protests\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-252370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Isfahan-protests.webp\" alt=\"Iran-Isfahan-protests\" width=\"998\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Isfahan-protests.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Isfahan-protests-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Isfahan-protests-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Isfahan-protests-150x94.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Iran-Isfahan-protests-696x435.webp 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every day, news of protests expanding across Iran is wired. Iranians from all walks of life have been taking to the streets and demanding their rights on a daily basis. Protests in Iran had increased since June 2021, when the regime selected Ebrahim Raisi as its next president.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian opposition president, Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, underlined there will be a \u201cnew era\u201d following Raisi\u2019s inauguration, where \u201chostility and enmity between the Iranian regime and society will intensify more than ever before.\u201d That inauguration took place in August, and protests erupted almost immediately in various regions of Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A new era will dawn in Iran, a society based on democracy\/separation of religion &amp; state, &amp;gender equality <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pkw89owIVj\">pic.twitter.com\/Pkw89owIVj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/751777805365612544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since then, unrest among the Iranian people has followed a general upward trend, with November yielding an especially high number of reports about large-scale protests over various issues, in numerous cities and towns involving a range of demographics.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two weeks of that month, workers from various industries held demonstrations to protest layoffs, unpaid wages, and a lack of government support, while retirees protested the greater economic hardships brought on by the shrinking values of their pensions. During the same period, large-scale gatherings took place among victims of cryptocurrency scams and embezzlement schemes, the families of victims of the January 2020 missile strike that brought down a commercial airliner near Tehran, and persons affected by water shortages in several regions.<\/p>\n<p>In each case, protesters held regime authorities responsible for the issues at hand. One protest over financial matters focused on the theft of customers\u2019 money by the Caspian Credit Union, an institution closely linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The IRGC was directly responsible for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ps752justice.com\/the-associations-statement-principal-culprits-of-the-ps752-downing-protected-by-prohibition-of-prosecution-order\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Flight 752<\/a> disaster, while its front companies are the key beneficiaries of an explosion of dam construction projects over the past three decades, contributing to ecological degradation, including the drying of waterways.<\/p>\n<p>One such waterway, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/protests-in-isfahan-how-the-regime-responded-to-cries-for-water\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Zayandeh Rud<\/a>, was the focus of especially large-scale and restive protests in Isfahan Province in recent days. On Thursday, farmers from that province gathered in the river\u2019s dry basin to condemn the Iranian regime\u2019s policies and demand the opening of a dam that retains water necessary for their livelihoods. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/protests-in-isfahan-how-the-regime-responded-to-cries-for-water\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Soon <\/a>after that, security forces and the IRGC attacked the demonstration and dispersed its participants, but many more returned the following day to continue the protest despite persistent threats of violent repression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Hundreds injured, arrested in Isfahan protests&mdash;Iran news\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PR4pAZkRbqs\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPR4pAZkRbqs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PR4pAZkRbqs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT57S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-11-28T12:20:25Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_PR4pAZkRbqs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPR4pAZkRbqs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Hundreds injured, arrested in Isfahan protests\u2014Iran news<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PR4pAZkRbqs\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPR4pAZkRbqs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds injured, arrested in Isfahan protests&mdash;Iran news\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/iran-isfahans-protests-are-a-prelude-to-what-is-to-come\/ Iranian security forces have injured more than 100 protesters during protests in Isfahan on Friday At least 300 others were arrested, according to MEK sources NCRI president-elect Maryam Rajavi calls on people to support the arrested protesters Rajavi also calls on UN and int\u2019l human rights organizations to intervene and help secure protesters\u2019 release Farmers of Isfahan have been protesting state mismanagement of water sources for months On Friday, anti-riot forces and IRGC units attacked the protesters at Zayandeh Rud river Protesters, whose pleas for access to water have gone unanswered, resisted the repressive forces *** Content on the PMOI\/MEK&#039;s official YouTube channel is not subject to copyright if the source is mentioned ***\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Far from effectively suppressing the demonstration, those threats have actually sparked more support for the farmers among other walks of life in Isfahan. According to the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, which maintains an extensive intelligence network inside Iran, some activists banded together to obstruct a motorcade that was bringing riot police to the site of the demonstrations on Friday. The PMOI also reported that slogans began to evoke a broader political message as the unrest grew throughout that day, including outright demands for regime change.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, recent demonstrations in Isfahan and elsewhere follow the same pattern as the nationwide uprisings that challenged the mullahs\u2019 hold on power in 2018 and 2019. The first of these began with a protest in Iran\u2019s second city of Mashhad, which was focused on worsening economic conditions, but soon spread to well over 100 cities and towns. At the height of that uprising in January 2018, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei contradicted years of government propaganda by acknowledging the PMOI\u2019s role in popularizing slogans like \u201cdeath to the dictator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second uprising, in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2019<\/a>, was initially sparked by the government\u2019s announcement of a sharp increase in gasoline prices. But the same slogans immediately came to define the resulting simultaneous demonstrations in nearly 200 localities. In response, regime authorities cracked down much harder on the second uprising, killing over 1,500 participants in mass shooting incidents over only several days, then initiating a campaign of systematic torture against many of those arrested in connection with the unrest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_R-XN2b5wZ6I\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-XN2b5wZ6I\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-12-04T19:58:54Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_R-XN2b5wZ6I\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R-XN2b5wZ6I\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"#IranProtests- Nationwide Uprising in #Iran-November 2019 Mrs. Maryam Rajavi: World must condemn horrific crime against humanity, take action to stop it and free all prisoners; inaction is inexcusable and the regime will construe it as a green light to continue and intensify its crimes. The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) published an additional list of the heroic victims of the Iranian people\u2019s uprising. The number of those killed in the protests that swept across 200 cities has risen to 1,500 According to reports received by the Iranian Resistance from inside the country, the Iranian regime\u2019s State Security Force alone has recorded 1,029 deaths related to the protests.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The second anniversary of that uprising and crackdown seems to have contributed to the surge of widespread unrest in November. Indeed, the MEK\u2019s \u201cResistance Units\u201d marked that anniversary by posting images of some of the victims in public spaces. These were generally accompanied by appeals for the Iranian people to hold new demonstrations in honor of the victims and the cause for which they died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe blood of 1500 martyrs of the Nov. 2019 uprising has intensified the will for more uprisings and rebellion,\u201d read one poster in the city of Ramsar. Such statements are distinctly reminiscent of Mrs. Rajavi\u2019s prediction for an unprecedented increase in popular unrest at a time when the Raisi administration is expected to amplify a trend of repression. Meanwhile, the regime\u2019s oppression becomes more ineffective daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, teachers, workers, civil servants, retired government employees, creditors, and people of all walks of life are gathering in different parts of Iran to protest unemployment, poverty, inflation, rising prices, and government corruption,\u201d said one <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/iran-isfahans-protests-are-a-prelude-to-what-is-to-come\/\" rel=\"noopener\">editorial<\/a> on the PMOI\u2019s website, adding that the large-scale unrest in Isfahan \u201cis only a prelude to what is awaiting the regime down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The regime authorities have no pathway out of the crisis that all this recent unrest represents for them. Further crackdowns, according to MEK, \u201cwill only infuriate a people who no longer fears its apparatus of repression,\u201d while a hands-off approach to the situation will only prompt current trends of unrest to \u201ccontinue to grow, join and become bigger movements that evolve from [expressions of] economic grievances to demands for regime change.\u201d<\/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-246866 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\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png 250w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1-150x50.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every day, news of protests expanding across Iran is wired. 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