Iran, August 2, 2018 - Protests that started on Tuesday in different cities of Iran over high prices and economic woes entered their third day on Thursday. In Shapour, Isfahan, where protests have been raging for the past two days, demonstrators are chanting, “Don’t be afraid, we’re all together.” A large contingent of anti-riot police have surrounded the area. The demonstrators have also set vehicle tires ablaze to prevent the regime’s repressive forces from attacking and dispersing them with tear gas.
6:00 PM CET: In Tehran, protesters are chanting “Death to Khamenei,” calling for the overthrow of the supreme leader, the highest authority in the Iranian regime and the symbol of the Iranian regime’s power. Protesters, mostly youth, are clashing with security forces. Videos obtained from Valiasr Street, where protests are taking place, show protesters routing security forces sent to quell the demonstrations.
Demonstrations and clashes between protesters continue in Isfahan, Shiraz, Karaj, Mashhad and Arak, other cities where protests have been ongoing during the day.
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of resistance of Iran, saluted the protesters who are resisting against the repression of the Iranian regime, describing them as “the representatives of a generation that wants nothing short of the freedom of their country.”
Elsewhere, in Shiraz, protesters are chanting slogans against the regime and its repressive forces. In one video obtained from the scene, protesters are saying that the mullahs must go and others are calling for Rouhani to let go of the state.
5:00 PM CET: Protests reach the capital. According to local reports, people have gathered at the Valiasr Street, Tehran’s longest avenue and are chanting, “Proud Iranians, support, support.” Videos posted on social media show the protesters are confronting security forces that have been dispatched to disperse protesters. Security forces have injured a young female protester, according to reports.
Since Tuesday, protests have been ongoing in several cities over economic problems and the Iranian regime’s corruption and mismanagement. Protests have quickly turned into anti-government demonstrations. Tehran has now joined seven other cities, where people have been protesting against the government and, in some cases, clashing with security forces.
In Mashhad, there’s heavy security presence but protesters are standing their ground and chanting, “the people won’t give in to disgrace.
In Isfahan, where some of the heaviest clashes have been reported, the protesters are showing no fear of security forces and resisting in organized groups, using rocks, bricks, wooden sticks and bare hands to resist.
In Shiraz, videos show security forces throwing tear gas at marching protesters. In Arak, protesters are chanting slogans against Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the regime, shouting, “[Khamenei] is ruling like god while the people are begging.”
4:00 PM CET: Protests that started this morning over economic grievances and the Iranian regime’s suppression continue in seven cities. In Shiraz, protesters are chanting “Death to dictator” and “Death to Khamenei,” the supreme leader of the regime and the person who has final say on all matters of state.
In Isfahan and Shiraz, the Iranian regime’s repressive forces are trying to disperse protesters with tear gas, but the protesters continue to hold their lines and are lighting fires in various parts of the city. In Isfahan, heavy clashes between protesters and security forces have been reported.
In Najaf Abad, the women are actively participating in the protests.
2:00 PM CET: Protests in Isfahan have turned into heavy clashes between demonstrators and state security forces. Videos obtained from Shapour, Isfahan, show that people are throwing rocks at anti-riot police. The air is thick with smoke of burnt tires.
In Gohardasht, Karaj, security forces are blocking the roads with concrete blocks to prevent demonstrators from gathering.
Protests also continue in Shiraz and Arak, where the people are chanting slogans against the regime and calling for solidarity among the people.
In recent weeks, different cities of Iran have seen protests by citizens who are fed up with the regime’s corruption, the plunging currency value, unemployment and high prices. But economic woes have triggered the protests, most demonstrations have quickly turned into anti-regime protests with slogans calling for the overthrow of the regime in its entirety.
12:00 PM CET: The people of Arak city in Markazi province have joined the widespread protests in several cities of Iran over economic grievances. Like other cities, the Iranian regime has dispatched contingents of security forces to disperse protesters. But demonstrators are confronting the regime’s repressive forces and repelling them, video obtained from the protests sh
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