{"id":329725,"date":"2025-03-22T18:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T17:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329725"},"modified":"2025-03-22T18:54:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T17:54:55","slug":"iran-protests-surge-nationwide-over-land-grabs-death-sentences-and-government-mismanagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-surge-nationwide-over-land-grabs-death-sentences-and-government-mismanagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Protests Surge Nationwide Over Land Grabs, Death Sentences, and Government Mismanagement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sanandaj, Kurdistan \u2013 Family and supporters visit the grave of Omid Hassani during Nowruz, honoring his legacy and renewing their vow for justice and freedom, March 20, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A fresh wave of anti-regime protests erupted across Iran this week, as citizens from various cities voiced outrage over systemic land confiscation, political executions, and deepening socioeconomic injustice under the clerical dictatorship.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, March 22, residents of Dargahan<\/strong> in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran, held a large demonstration<\/a> against the handover of the city\u2019s historic port to regime-affiliated interests under the pretense of privatization. Forming a 700-meter-long human chain along the coastline, protesters condemned the sale of the land for 700 billion tomans, accusing authorities of diverting the funds away from the local population and using them instead for road and airport projects serving regime elites. \u201cThey\u2019ve sold our mountains and now our port\u2014enough is enough,\u201d said one protester.<\/p>\n

On March 20 and 21, citizens across Iran commemorated the martyrs of recent uprisings. Graves of protesters such as Omid Hassani in Sanandaj<\/strong>, Sepahr Azami in Karaj<\/strong>, Amir Moweydi and Bahman Jafari in Shiraz<\/strong>, Maryam Arvin in Kerman<\/strong>, and dozens more in Eslamshahr, Eizeh, Jolf\u0101<\/strong>, and other cities were visited. In Karaj<\/strong>, families and supporters stood before the grave of Mohammad Mehdi Karami<\/a>, a young man executed after the 2022 protests, vowing justice.<\/p>\n

In Rudsar<\/strong>, northern Iran, visitors honored Behnam Layeghpoor and Pouya Ahmadpour, with calls for justice echoing through the cemetery: \u201cWe will not forget. We will take our revenge.\u201d In Qaemshahr<\/strong>, at the grave of Rahim Kalij, supporters raised their voices for justice and accountability.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, March 20, the final day of the Iranian calendar year, regime border forces opened fire on Kurdish laborers near the city of Baneh<\/strong> in the western Kurdistan Province, killing a kulbar (cross-border porter) in cold blood. The killing reignited anger in the Kurdish community, where such deadly shootings are a recurring consequence of the regime’s militarized border policies.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, March 18, 2025, ahead of the New Year and marking the 60th week of the "No to Execution Tuesdays" campaign, a group of labor activists and former prisoners gathered in front of Lakan Prison in Rasht. They set up a Haft-Sin table and held photos of political prisoners\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/h9ogwTfBYr<\/a><\/p>\n

— SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) March 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n