Posted on 11/19/2019 12:45:04 AM PST by hassan.mahmoud
By: Hassan.Mahmoudi Protests flare up across Iran on Friday with chants of "Death to the dictator," "No to Gaza, no to Lebanon; I sacrifice my life for Iran.", after the government imposed gas price hike. At least 200 people dead, more than 3000 injured and more than 1000 arrested in 132 cities since security forces started cracking down on demonstrators.
Protesters blocked roads, burned buildings, banks, government institutions and clashed with police across the country
Iran shut down internet access across the nation to cover up its positional crackdown on protesters
Videos from the protests have shown people gravely wounded
Some of the worst violence seen so far was in the Southcentral city of Shiraz*.
The latest development in Shiraz:
On the fourth day of protest, people in Shiraz have captured most parts of the city. The government forces have lost control over this major city, known for its literary history and many gardens. Police stations have been evacuated, no security forces are seen in the streets, and even the plain cloth members of the ministry of intelligence are not seen in the scene. The metropolitan train has been stopped.
image.png Protesters block a road in the central Iranian city of Shiraz on Saturday. The incident in the IRGC compound on Nov.17 seems to have disrupted all plans, and the forces are in confusion.
One Shiraz local reported from the scene: "all the banks were set on fire the bases of the Revolutionary Guards' Basij forces were destroyed. The city is in a very disordered state. Law enforcement officers have fled around government buildings. Moreover, all the buildings are in people's hands. No gas stations are active. The mothers support the protesters and bring them food and water. The situation is irreversible. In the year 2008, the regime was able to recapture all the sites but it is no longer possible for the government".
Another local said: "this morning at 10 AM, all shops on Mulla Sadra Street was closed. Convenience stores owned by the IRGC have been vacated and has been set on fire."
Another Local said: "it is like a hunger revolution here."
Another local said: "Shiraz is falling, death toll high, I see Blood and smoke everywhere. A few police stations camps have fallen into the hands of youth."
image.png Protesters at a demonstration in Tehran on Saturday. Another local said: "Khamenei's forces were not able to have any reaction, therefore, they raised a helicopter and fired against protesters from the air.
University Students:
In Tehran, students of Tehran University held a rally in support of the demonstrators and chanted anti-regime songs. "Don't be afraid, we're all together,"
Students of Tabriz University in northwest Iran voiced their support for the popular uprising by holding a gathering and chanting, “No fear! We’re all together!”
image.png *Shiraz:
Shiraz is a city in south-central Iran, known for its literary history and many gardens. The marble Tomb of Hafez, honoring the revered poet, sits within its own garden. To the east, the Mausoleum of Saadi houses the 13th-century writer’s mosaic-tiled tomb and an underground pool. Shiraz is a gateway to Persepolis, the ruined 6th-century-B.C. capital to the northeast, with its immense gateways, columns, and friezes.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/shiraz?lang=en
Tried to find some verification on this. Iran has shut down their internet. Either a mouse chewed on the cable, or this is a form of verification.
I’ll believe the Iranians are really serious about this “revolution” when the body count rises into the millions, like when the Iranians fought the Iraqis and sent tens of thousands to their deaths by marching their troops into Iraqi minefields and gasoline-filled fiery trenches. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard murder 200 dissidents practically every day before breakfast.
I’ll believe it when I see pics of hanging clerics, and mosques in flames.
It depends on what the army will do. The ‘security forces’ are sometimes not even Iranian, but hired Palestinian thugs, and they are hated by the people.
Thank you for posting this.
Prayers for the people of Iran.
[I’ll believe the Iranians are really serious about this “revolution” when the body count rises into the millions]
Yeah i’m not a sick f..k so i’m not hoping to see the body count in the millions.
But go to church this weekend and pretend you’re not a whack job and you’re somehow in any way a Christian :)
ciao!
I will pray that God guides them and helps them.
Based on your ridiculous venomous post, I think you ARE a “sick f**k”.
The point of my original post was that the Iranian people were willing to take millions of casualties fighting the Iraqis but don’t seem to turn out in such large numbers fighting for their own freedom against their tyrannical Moslem overlords. When they do that, then I’ll believe they’re serious, not before. Do you get it now?
Photographs were posted yesterday on the Rantburg site.
Not much coverage on the current situation in our media.
What the 2015 Iran deal did was to extend a helping financial hand to a terrorist enemy government and assure them under the agreement we would have no leverage with them in the way of reimposing sanctions at the conclusion of the 10 year agreement when they would be allowed to enrich uranium to build nukes, This revolt against the mullahs would not be occurring if Trump had not jettisoned the agreement.and reimposed sanctions.. I note most Dem presidential candidates have stopped talking of late about resurrecting the turkey of an agreement. Now might be a good time to ask them how they stand on resurrecting the agreement and watch them squirm.
I began using Twitter in 2009 during the #IranElection phase. After the Mullahs stole the elections and millions were in the streets demonstrating.
That rebellion looked like it might succeed. The Mullahs brought in foreign techs and circumvented the “haystack” code that was hiding those shooting videos. Thousands were arrested (possibly 1/2 were never heard from again).
The Iranian Mullahs are pure Evil.
I pray that this time they succeed in overthrowing the terrorist regime.
@PoliticalShort
“With Iran’s near-total internet shutdown now past 65 hours, national connectivity to the outside world has fallen further to 4% as some of the last remaining networks are being cut.” #Internet4Iran https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-fuel-protests-in-multiple-cities-pA25L18b …
chants of "Death to the dictator," "No to Gaza, no to Lebanon; I sacrifice my life for Iran."
Could such things be visible from satellite?
There was nothing at all in 2009. I got hold of some horrific pictures through a friend, but no longer have them.
The ‘internet as we know it’ is off in Iran. Here’s why this shutdown is different
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/19/middleeast/iran-internet-shutdown-intl/index.html
exactly you are right
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