The Iran Revolution (Counts):
- Days: 27th day
- Protests: 185 cities
- Fatalities: 400+ estimated deaths, 206 identified
- Detentions: 20,000+
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Protests kicked off in major cities Wednesday after a call by activists and despite a severe interdiction of Internet traffic and almost near shutdown across Iran. Not having been able to fully stop citizen reporting from Iran, the regime has now resorted to shutting down not only mobile phone networks data access to the Internet, but also landline home connections.
Large scale and geographically expansive demonstrations today in Tehran, the capital, and in the northern, western, southern, and eastern urban centers and towns of Iran have again stunned the regime who deployed its most violent and brutal crackdown to date.
Ali Khamenei spoke today to reiterate that his regime will continue to suppress protesters who are calling for his regime’s downfall, while also signaling that his regime’s loyalists and apologists may be vacillating in the face of a general uprising in over 177 cities of all 31 provinces for nearly a month now.
Security forces have used machine guns and heavy weapons in a bid to quell demonstrations in the city of Sanandaj earlier this week as protests have continued with protesters in control during the night and regime security forces and army units patrolling streets and squares during the day.
The protests today were met with unprecedented violence in the past 27 days as plainclothes Basij and IRGC commanders teamed up with uniformed security forces to prey on protesters whom they beat with truncheons and shot at close range.
Uprising Updates
- Tehran – Brave woman protester shouts at passing regime motorcycles, “Death to Khamenei”
- Tehran – Protesters in Fallah district disarm a regime militiaman
- Tehran – Protesters in the working-class district of Naziabad fight back against regime forces with Molotov Cocktails. Almost all streets in this district are the scene of active protest against the regime now.
- Tehran – Protesters in the east Tehran Pars district chant “This is the year of blood, Seyed Ali [Khamenei] is going to fall”
- Tehran – Yet another location of protest in the capital in Qazvin Street
- Tehran – Shariati Street in protest
- Tehran – Regime security forces were trying to put out a fire and shooting at anyone filming the scene.
- Tehran – Earlier today the famous Lalehzar district was the scene of intense protests and severe crackdown
- Arak – Protesters beating a uniformed security force member who had attacked them
- Arak – Protesters lighting bonfires and continuing the uprising into the night
- Karaj – Regime security forces opened fire on protesters.
- Ilam – Protesters march in large numbers and chant: “We will fight and take back Iran!”
- Ilam – Security forces use tear gas and are chased away
- Baneh – Protesters set up bonfires to fend off regime security forces
- Saqqez – Protesters chanting: “Death to the dictator”
- Gonbad Kavus – School children and high school students out in the streets in this northeastern city
- Gorgan – School pupils out in the streets of yet another northeastern city chanting against the regime
- Sanandaj – Protesters in this city continue to stand up to the regime’s security forces for yet another night shouting “Death to Khamenei”
- Tehran – Protesters chanting: “Mullahs must get lost!”
- Tehran – Students at Tehran University of – College of Fine Arts – clashed with the regime’s IRGC paramilitary Basij units.
- Tehran – Clashes are reported between protesters and security forces near Tehran University in Kargar Street and tear gas has been fired.
- Tehran – An elementary school in Tehran was attacked by security forces who fired tear gas into the auditorium.
- Tehran – High school students protesting and chanting: “Death to the dictator!”
- Arak – Regime security forces attacking protesters.
- Karaj – Security forces fire shots and attack protesters.
- Karaj – Protesters tipped over a vehicle of the regime’s state police.
- Fardis – Protesters chanting: “Death to the dictator!”
- Sari – Northern Iranian city another site of protests today.
- Rasht – Students of Gilan University chanting: “From Zahedan to Gilan, my life for Iran!” This is in support of the locals in Zahedan who were massacred on September 30.
- Bushehr – Students of Persian Gulf University chanting “Freedom, Freedom, Freedom”
- Mashhad – Protesters have gathered and are chanting slogans against the regime.
