Activists had called for three-day protests and strikes to commemorate the “bloody November” of 2019. There have been violent incidents in the Iranian provinces.
Commemorating the “bloody November” of 2019 triggered the heaviest protests in Iran for weeks. In large parts of the country, people flocked to the streets on Wednesday night, as eyewitnesses reported. Chaotic scenes could be observed in the capital Tehran. Demonstrators set up roadblocks and drivers honked their horns. Hundreds of people gathered in central squares and shouted protest slogans against the Islamic Republic.
While most of the street protests were peaceful, violent incidents returned, especially in the provinces. At least two security forces from the Revolutionary Guards and a Shiite cleric were killed, Iranian media reported. According to activists, two demonstrators were shot dead in the Kurdish regions. The protests reportedly swept dozens of cities and more than two-thirds of the country’s provinces. The information from the protest areas is difficult to verify.
Civil disobedience is increasing
Activists had called for three-day protests and strikes to commemorate the “bloody November” of 2019. The background to the demonstrations three years ago was high petrol prices. However, they quickly turned against the political leadership in Tehran. Broad sections of society have been demonstrating again against the Islamic Republic for around two months. The trigger was the death of the young Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini in police custody. The vice squad arrested her for allegedly violating Islamic dress codes in mid-September.
More and more protesters also expressed their displeasure with civil disobedience. Couples could be seen kissing in public on the streets of the capital – a social taboo and a criminal offense banned since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. In other parts of Tehran, loudspeaker announcements could be heard: “This is a red alert, the time of the revolution has begun”, followed by the sound of sirens once heard during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) during bombing raids.
Source: Stern
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