{"id":266611,"date":"2022-11-12T10:38:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T09:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=266611"},"modified":"2023-02-07T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T12:12:24","slug":"in-four-corners-of-the-world-iranians-call-for-freedom-and-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/in-four-corners-of-the-world-iranians-call-for-freedom-and-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"In Four Corners of the World, Iranians Call for Freedom and Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Protests-MEK-Supporters-\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-266615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Protests-MEK-Supporters-.jpg\" alt=\"Protests-MEK-Supporters-\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Protests-MEK-Supporters-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Protests-MEK-Supporters--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Protests-MEK-Supporters--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Protests-MEK-Supporters--150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Protests-MEK-Supporters--696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2022-nationwide-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\">ationwide uprising<\/a> continues despite the regime\u2019s heavy crackdown and killing of over 550 protesters. Initially sparked following the tragic murder of a Kurdish girl in police custody, protests now have snowballed into a revolution. The Iranian people\u2019s revolution has been widely supported by their compatriots abroad, who try to echo the voice of their countrymen.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since November 3, the Organization of Iranian American Communities <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oiac.org\/welcome-to-oiac\/\" rel=\"noopener\">(OIAC)<\/a> has set up a photo exhibition of martyrs of Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising and victims of the regime\u2019s four decades of oppression in front of the U.S. Capitol.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&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\">Day 11 of Iranian Americans campaign in solidarity with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecBlinken<\/a> hear it in their own words and chants. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MahsaAmini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MahsaAmini<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KLtZ2ImqbY\">pic.twitter.com\/KLtZ2ImqbY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OIAC: Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrgIAC\/status\/1590838007695015937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/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\">This exhibition includes pictures of martyrs of Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising and thousands of victims of the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners. Most of the victims of the 1988 massacre were members and supporters of Iran\u2019s principal opposition group, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-of-iran-pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)<\/a>. The regime\u2019s current president, Ebrahim Raisi, played a key role during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">1988 genocide<\/a>, acting as a member of the \u201cdeath commission\u201d in Tehran, a committee responsible for identifying and executing MEK supporters who refused to disavow the organization.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Washington Exhibition Organized By OIAC- November 9\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_06Ci5VEroPc\" 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%2F06Ci5VEroPc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/06Ci5VEroPc\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-11-12T09:20:03Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_06Ci5VEroPc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F06Ci5VEroPc%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Washington Exhibition Organized By OIAC- November 9<\/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\/06Ci5VEroPc\" 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%2F06Ci5VEroPc%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Washington Exhibition Organized By OIAC- November 9\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Since November 3, the Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC) has set up a photo exhibition of martyrs of Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising and victims of the regime\u2019s four decades of oppression in front of the U.S. Capitol.\u00a0\u00a0 Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4jtprrtp\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OIAC\u2019s large photo exhibition has been widely welcomed by American lawmakers and prominent political figures who visited it and expressed their solidarity with the people of Iran and their uprising.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Members of the Iranian diaspora and MEK supporters have been holding sit-ins in various Western capitals in solidarity with their risen compatriots inside Iran. Some of these cities include Washington, D.C, Stockholm, London, and Berlin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Protest and Sit-in by Freedom-loving Iranian in Berlin - November 10\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_V8CbH8fJRd8\" 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%2FV8CbH8fJRd8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V8CbH8fJRd8\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-11-12T09:26:07Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_V8CbH8fJRd8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FV8CbH8fJRd8%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Protest and Sit-in by Freedom-loving Iranian in Berlin - November 10<\/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\/V8CbH8fJRd8\" 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%2FV8CbH8fJRd8%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Protest and Sit-in by Freedom-loving Iranian in Berlin - November 10\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Members of the Iranian diaspora, and supporters of the MEK, have been holding sit-ins in various Western capitals in solidarity with their risen compatriots inside Iran. Some of these cities include Washington, D.C, Stockholm, London, and Berlin.\u00a0\u00a0 Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4jtprrtp\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These freedom-loving Iranians hold banners urging the world community to recognize the Iranian people\u2019s right to self-defense vis-\u00e0-vis the regime\u2019s mounting brutality. They also chant popular slogans such as: \u201cDeath to the dictator,\u201d \u201cDown with [Ali] Khamenei,\u201d\u00a0 and \u201cDown with the oppressor, be it Shah or the mullah.\u201d These slogans reflect the Iranian people\u2019s desire to have a democratic Iran and reject any form of dictatorship. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Protest and Sit-in in Washington, D.C- November 10\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_HgzzuRD-mBs\" 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%2FHgzzuRD-mBs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HgzzuRD-mBs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-11-12T09:27:19Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_HgzzuRD-mBs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FHgzzuRD-mBs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Protest and Sit-in in Washington, D.C- November 10<\/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\/HgzzuRD-mBs\" 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%2FHgzzuRD-mBs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Protest and Sit-in in Washington, D.C- November 10\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Members of the Iranian diaspora, and supporters of the MEK, have been holding sit-ins in various Western capitals in solidarity with their risen compatriots inside Iran. Some of these cities include Washington, D.C, Stockholm, London, and Berlin.\u00a0 Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4jtprrtp\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&rsquo;s nationwide uprising continues despite the regime&rsquo;s heavy crackdown and killing of over 550 protesters. 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