Days: 65
- Protests: 231 cities
- Fatalities: 600+ estimated deaths, 466 identified
- Detentions: 30,000+
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The nationwide protests in Iran, now in their 65th day, have become more expansive, larger, angrier, and more ferocious with each passing day. As people hold mourning ceremonies for their loved ones and children killed by security forces in the past few days, the regime is fast approaching an impasse where something must give.
The uprising entered its third month on Friday after three days of unprecedented protest honoring 1,500 killed by the regime in a similar uprising in November 2019. The protesters and the Iranian public are simmering with rage and heightened determination to bring down the “Child Killing Regime” as banners across Iranian highways have declared in recent days.
According to numerous human rights groups, during the more than two-months of protests in Iran, regime security forces have killed more than 60 children, and turned countless others into orphans.
Strikes continued today as bazaars stayed closed, classrooms emptied, and factory operations were shutdown across many Iranian cities.
Social media reports circulated that the regime’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) held two emergency meetings to discuss the escalating uprising in the country. Reports indicate that some hardcore loyalists in the regime were calling for SNSC Secretary Ali Shamkhani’s resignation or dismissal, as they see him as being reluctant to order a full-scale bloodbath to quash the uprising. It was reported that Saeed Jalili — a Khamenei confidant who served as the SNSC secretary from 2007-2013 — blamed IRGC top brass and other security officials for failing to violently suppress anti-regime demonstrations. The account additionally claimed that IRGC and State Security Force Commanders insisted that they had done their utmost and expressed concerns about force constraints, low morale, and defections among personnel.
Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor of Kayhan, Supreme Leader’s Ali Khamenei’s mouthpiece, backed greater use of force against protesters on November 18. Calls by other officials to violently step up the crackdown against protesters and their criticism of the officials who are purportedly failing to do so indicate that critical players in the regime are unable to reach a consensus on how to confront the uprising.
In another development, Khamenei met a group of regime supporters from Isfahan, and in a desperate attempt to boost the morale of increasing demoralized forces, ridiculously boasted that “The enemy has been defeated. The evils will be undoubtedly finished, and the Iranian nation will continue to move forward in the path of progress with more strength and a fresher spirit.” Commenting on Khamenei’s remarks, NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi said, “With the victory of the democratic revolution and the establishment democracy and people’s sovereignty the four decades of evil and crimes by the ruling religious fascism will be eradicated forever. He must be told to wait for greater defeats at the hands of rebellious youth.”
Uprising Updates
- Tehran– Students of National University chanting anti-regime slogans including: “Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!”
- Tehran– People at the funeral of Hamid Reza Rouhi, murdered by the regime’s oppressive security forces, began chanting: “For each person killed another thousand will rise!”
- Tabriz, northwest Iran – Students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences chanting: “We’re all Aylar [Haghi] and we’ll fight to the end!”, “Mullahs must get lost!”,
- Tabriz, northwest Iran – Students at the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences chanting: “To IRGC and Basij members: you are our ISIS!”
- Shiraz, south-central Iran – Protesters at the funeral of Sajjad Ghaemi—murdered by the regime’s security forces—came under attackby security units, stood their ground, and forced them to flee.
- Shiraz, south-central Iran – Locals at the funeral of Sajjad Ghaemi, murdered by the regime’s oppressive security forces, began chanting: “We’ll fight and take back Iran!”
- Shiraz, south-central Iran – The regime’s oppressive security forces attacked protesters, injuring one critically as seen on the video report.
- Shiraz, south-central Iran – Protesters attacked security forces who had fired live ammunition at them.
- Shiraz, south-central Iran – Students of Shiraz University chanting: “Death to the dictator!” referring to regime dictator Ali Khamenei.
- Mashhad, northeast Iran – A member of the IRGC paramilitary Basij that was harassing the locals was attacked and beaten, according to activists.
- Ardabil, northwest Iran – Locals gathered to mark the 40th day of Asra Panahi’s murder by the regime’s oppressive security forces. Such ceremonies are becoming scenes of anti-regime protests.
- Isfahan, central Iran – Students at the Isfahan University of Technology are chanting: “We swear on the blood of those fallen that we will stand to the very end!”
- Sanandaj, western Iran –Students of Kurdistan University chanting: “This is the last message: the entire regime is our target!”
- Sanandaj, western Iran – Kurdistan University students tore down and torched a poster of former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.
- Divandarreh, western Iran – Protesters stormed and set ablaze the officeof the regime’s local Majlis (parliament) member Mohsen Fathi.
- Piranshahr, northwest Iran – Locals are establishing control over their streets with roadblocks and continuing the nationwide protests against the regime on the 65th day of the uprising.
- Mahabad, northwest Iran – More footage of protesters in Mahabad staging demonstrations and preparing to face off against regime’s brutal security forces.
- Mahabad, northwest Iran – Many people are at the funeral of Kamal Ahmadpour, a local killed yesterday by the regime’s security forces.
