Monday marked the 52nd day of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, with protests and strikes reported not only from her hometown but also from other Kurdish cities.
In the Kurdish-majority city of Mariban, there were sporadic clashes between people and security forces two days after the incident. Death of Nasrin Gadeli — A PhD candidate in philosophy who died Saturday after being beaten with a baton by security forces during protests in Tehran — Meanwhile, residents of Sanandaj, the provincial capital of Kordestan, also took to the streets chanting anti-government slogans. rice field.
The situation is also tense in the city of Siakal in northern Gilan province, where security forces have used pellet guns and tear gas to prevent people from holding a rally to mark the death of 23-year-old protester Erfan Zamani. I was. In another city in the province he was killed by security forces three days ago. Despite the heavy rain, many people had gathered in the city to mourn.
While some protests were reported in large cities such as the capital Tehran, most of the rallies focused on civil disobedience to the clerical regime.
Some citizens near Tehran and those in the nearby city of Karaj protested as much as they could, including chanting slogans from roofs and windows, long honking from cars and singing songs circulating on social media. I am continuing my activities. since the protests started.
In Tehran, protesters were also handing out candy to a woman who made a public announcement with a short note that read, “Thank you for making the city beautiful with your hair. Women, life and freedom.” .
In Rasht, Qazvin and Tehran people wrote slogans on walls, hung banners with messages of support from overpasses, and figures and symbols of the Islamic Republic, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and IRGC Commander Qassem Soleimani. They also burned pictures and statues of He died in a US airstrike targeting Iraq in 2020.
On Monday night, Islamic Republic security forces also blocked roads to Tehran’s international airport and used tear gas and pellet guns against those attempting to hail members of the Islamic Republic as heroes. iranian beach soccer team After they moved in solidarity with the protesters. A similar crackdown was reported in Bushehr, in the south, where people gathered at the airport to welcome international players from that city.
People in big cities also started hanging mullah figurines from footbridges as a symbolic threat to the clergy. The wearing of turbans by priests as they walk the streets is a new trend spreading across the country.
social media users online petition, called on Twitter to ban Khamenei from the platform. For 43 years, Iran’s Islamic regime, led by Khamenei, has overseen a brutal and systematic persecution of its own people, torturing, raping and killing civilians who oppose the regime, the petition said.
Earlier in the day, the country’s hardline Chief Justice Golam Hossein Mohseni Ejay vowed to step up punishment for those arrested during the protests, following calls from lawmakers who urged the judiciary to issue rice field. Death sentence for protesters.
