The Islamic Republic is ISIS
Posted on 10/08/2022 1:05:38 PM PDT by nuconvert
Iranian Regime national tv Channel One hacked about an hour ago. During a broadcast of Khamenie speech, a red crosshair appeared over his face and chanting of Women. Life. Freedom. There was writing to the side saying "Rise up. Join us". Also 4 photos at the bottom of the screen of young people killed and additional writing: "The blood of our youth is dropping from your paws".
Also, there was a huge banner in the middle of Tehran highway today that read: We are no longer afraid of you. We will fight.
Also, attempted attack on IRI ambassador in Denmark. Her bodyguard was stabbed. Diplomatic Security intervened before the attacker could stab the ambassador.
Iranians closed main highway of #Karaj to #Tehran to protest against their Islamic regime. They gathered here to pay respect to #Hadis_Najafi, a protester who was murdered by Police 40 days ago. Similar protests are reported all over #Iran.
https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/1588182047280926720
Video of a very big demonstration
Karaj https://twitter.com/LeilaDian31/status/1588194842961743873
Riot police retreating
https://twitter.com/Be_Yourself38/status/1588182948963983360
Fouladshahr - After returning from the 40th day of the Mahsa Mogoei martyrdom ceremony, part of the crowd chanted “Death to Khamenei”
https://twitter.com/javidirani30/status/1588192709549985794
more: https://twitter.com/search?q=iran%20revolution&f=live
Qom (the Shia HQ city)
This video shows that protesters in Qom have changed the name of “Sipah Square” (Revolutionary guards) to “Daesh Square” (ISIS).
https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1587288031601516546
Qom, central #Iran
Authorities have dispatched security forces to the city’s Towhid Square in fear of ongoing protests against the regime.
https://twitter.com/ahadsamadi63/status/1587898400338501639
A protester had the courage to splash RED paint (BLOOD) on the “so called leader of Iran regime Khomeini who at that time claimed to be GOD’s Representative on Earth
https://twitter.com/Sazari2015/status/1587192081826578432
That’s a grand total of 100-points for another brave Iranian playing Turban Topple.
An extra 25 for flipping him the bird and then 50 for the making him fall...well done lad.
https://twitter.com/AdrianCalamel/status/1586175355743764481
(The mullahs will soon stay at home)
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 3
Violent clashes erupted between security forces and protesters in Karaj, Alborz Province on November 3.
Protesters coordinated extensively to respond to the regime crackdown in Karaj, possibly reflecting growing organization within the movement.
The regime may be struggling to reach a consensus on how to manage the protests at this stage.
American and Persian Gulf officials told the Wall Street Journal that the likelihood of an imminent Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia and other neighboring countries has decreased but is not gone entirely.
At least 22 protests took place in 17 cities across 12 provinces.
The IRGC Intelligence Organization arrested three members of an “anti-security team” in Ilam City, Ilam Province.
LEC Sistan and Baluchistan Provincial Commander Ahmad Taheri announced that unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Shia cleric in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
Skirmishes may erupt between pro- and anti-regime protesters on November 4.
An IRGC Telegram channel circulated on November 3 an op-ed calling for the IRGC Quds Force to establish a 30-kilometer-deep buffer zone into Iraqi Kurdistan to counter anti-regime Kurdish militants there.
Turkey reaffirmed its support for Azerbaijan amid the growing tensions between Tehran and Baku.
The Artesh may have prepared its forces to participate in protest suppression in Zahedan on November 4. Artesh Commander Major General Abdol Rahim Mousavi traveled to Zahedan on November 2 ostensibly to inspect air defense elements stationed there.[45] Mousavi condemned the protests during the inspection. The timing of his visit to Zahedan is noteworthy given the growing anti-regime militancy there and planned protests for November 4. The regime may seek to involve the Artesh in protest suppression to mitigate the security forces’ bandwidth constraints or apply more extreme force against demonstrators.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-3
Artesh is the regular army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army
They are not as brutal as the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps or the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basij
Protesters knock turbans off clerics’ heads in Iran | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vitvG0V3VO4
The protests haven’t stopped, just the news coverage (not that there was much coverage)
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 4
Parents of Iranian youth spearheading ongoing demonstrations are increasingly describing protests as a revolutionary movement, mirroring their children’s rhetoric.
At least 14 protests took place in 11 cities across six provinces.
Violent clashes erupted between security forces and protesters in Khash, Rask, Saravan, and Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchistan Province following Friday prayer sermons.
President Ebrahim Raisi criticized US President Joe Biden for pledging to “free Iran” during a campaign rally in California.
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Hossein Salami warned that Iran will retaliate against the US and its allies for their purported role in fomenting ongoing unrest at a regime-organized rally.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-4
People of Lahijan city has put flowers on the spot where the young demonstrater #ErfanZamani was shot dead yesterday and honking their cars in respect. It is the voice of a nation under claws of a brutal dictator. Mind-blowing
#MahsaAmini
https://twitter.com/bai_mina/status/1588626083254935553
On the anniversary of the US embassy hostage taking in Iran, today the regime called on students to take yo the streets to chant “death to America”.
Failed. Students only chant:
“Women Life Freedom” & “Death of dictator Khamenei”
#MahsaAmini
https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1588590527632449536
“I will kill, I will killl those who killed my sister”. Revolutionary fervor has gripped the Iranian nation and its intensity continues to rise even during a time of mourning..
https://twitter.com/lyfmailcom/status/1588803150785695744
Thank you for supporting and focusing public discussion on liberty and freedom rather than TPTB.
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 5
Prominent Sunni cleric Maulana Abdol Hamid may begin regularly instigating protests throughout Sistan and Baluchistan Province rather than in just Zahedan.
The regime is attempting to mobilize its supporters around a religious holiday honoring a historic female Shia martyr and framing its policies as pro-women.
At least 19 protests took place in 11 cities across nine provinces.
President Ebrahim Raisi called anti-regime protesters “rioters” who were helping foment unrest in Iran.
Senior Iranian officials discussed accelerating the prosecution of arrested protesters.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-5
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 6
The regime continued linking the ongoing protests with terrorism as part of an information operation to delegitimize protesters and their grievances.
A security officer killed four LEC members at an LEC station in Bampour, Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
At least 17 protests took place in 10 cities across eight provinces on November 6.
An unverified social media account alleged the presence of an Afghan proxy force member during a protest crackdown in Arak, Markazi Province.
Security forces seized weapons shipments in northwestern and southeastern Iran.
At least two unidentified gunmen attacked an IRGC facility in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-6
If you really want to know why knocking off turbans of clerics has become a sport in Iran, just watch this video, then you will understand their anger the teenagers. For years clerics have been harassing women in the streets for hijab.
https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1589175541370081282
and
https://twitter.com/basstard1/status/1589179325625954304
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 7
Some elements of the Iranian regime have suggested political reform to assuage protester frustrations, although such reform is highly unlikely.
Iranian security services have begun connecting Azerbaijan to the Shiraz attack and accusing Baku of supporting Salafi-jihadi terrorism.
IS central and ISKP have celebrated the Shiraz attack and called for more attacks against Shia targets in Iran.
At least 14 protests took place in 12 cities across seven provinces.
Jaish al Adl released a statement calling for protesters to organize armed resistance against the regime.
Five Basij university student organizations in Tehran penned an open letter urging officials to take action against Western embassies—specifically the UK and Germany—for their alleged role in stoking the ongoing protests.
Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei called on judicial authorities to expedite the prosecution and sentencing of arrested protesters.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-7
Protests may increase in the coming days to commemorate the regime's brutal crackdown in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan Province on September 30.
Iranian state-run outlet Nour News Agency reported that Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev arrived in Tehran on November 8, likely to discuss the potential sale of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia.
At least 12 protests took place in nine cities across eight provinces.
The Jaish al Adl spokesperson claimed that the regime crackdown in Zahedan on September 30 has increased the group's recruitment, according to UK-based Midstone Centre.
The IRGC may have deployed some of its Iraqi proxies to support the protest crackdown.
SNSC-affiliated Nour News Agency accused unnamed American and Mossad officials of meeting with anti-regime Kurdish militant groups in Iraqi Kurdistan over the past two months.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-8
Iran and its proxies may attack US positions in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for an Israeli drone strike on an Iranian convoy in eastern Syria.
Artesh Ground Forces Commander Brigadier General Kiomars Heydari emphasized that the regime has the capacity to use more extreme force against protesters.
Raisi administration officials are threatening citizens who provide information to anti-regime outlet Iran International to deter protesters from speaking to it about the protests and regime crackdown.
At least 19 protests took place in 15 cities across 11 provinces.
An unidentified individual drove a car into a group of security personnel and killed a Basij member in Bandar-e Kia Shahr, Gilan Province.
Law Enforcement Commander Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari reappointed Brigadier General Mohammad Ghanbari as LEC Sistan and Baluchistan provincial commander.
IRAN CRISIS UPDATE, NOVEMBER 10
The ongoing protests are creating fractures within the Iranian hardliner camp.
At least six protests took place in five cities across four provinces, although protest activity will likely increase on November 11.
Intelligence and Security Minister Esmail Khatib stated that foreign agents sought to spread protests throughout different parts of Iranian cities, thereby stretching security forces thin.
IRGC Ground Forces Commander Brigadier General Mohammad Pak Pour met with Shia and Sunni leaders at an undisclosed location in Sistan and Baluchistan Province likely as part of regime preparations to suppress planned protests on November 11.
Some Raisi administration officials have advocated for political reform in recent days, likely to appease protesters.
Social media accounts reported that hundreds of citizens protested against the Saudi government in Qatif, Saudi Arabia on November 10.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-10
https://twitter.com/IranIntl_En/status/1591034718589419520
Yes, we want "Iran with no religion".
Overall protest turnout throughout Iran has diminished in recent days but surged in Sistan and Baluchistan Province.
US defense officials continue to warn of a potential Iranian attack into Saudi Arabia or Iraq in retaliation for the alleged roles of the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia in stoking the protests.
At least 14 protests took place in 12 cities across six provinces.
Reformist parliamentarian Gholamreza Nouri Ghazaljeh criticized the regime for allowing security and law enforcement personnel to enter university campuses.
The IRGC Intelligence Organization issued a statement warning that anti-regime group Mojahedin-e Khalq is contacting citizens to incite protests and the destruction of public property.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-crisis-update-november-11
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