Protests against Iran spread to more than 100 Iranian cities
Protests continue to grow after Mahsa Amini’s death. This 22-year old was arrested by police and allegedly beaten to death for not complying with strict laws that require women to cover their hair. (Credit: MEK)
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Protesters clashed with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard CorpsAccording to Fox News Digital information, the IRGC was in northern Iran Friday night. During this time, one of its military bases was allegedly burned.
From Friday night into Saturday morning, men and women marched through Oshnavieh, western Iran. They cheered as they claimed to have taken control of parts of the city.
Video posted to social media showed that there were thousands of them. Demonstrators take to the streetsOpposition leaders claim that buildings were set ablaze as a demonstration of violent protest.Â
The Iranian government has yet to comment on the partial takeover in northern Iran, and it remains unclear what happened to the IRGC forces at the base in Oshnavieh.
DEADLY PROTESTS IN IRAN CONTINUE FOR A 9TH DAY: ‘DEATH TO THE DICTATOR’
The destruction comes as nationwide protests continue for a ninth day in nearly 140 cities, in every one of Iran’s 31 provinces following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody.Â
She was reportedly arrested, beaten and possibly tortured for violating Iran’s strict dress code laws and wearing her hijab too loosely.
Iranian forces claimed that she was not maltreated and died from a heart attack.Â
Fox News Digital spoke to Ali Safavi of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran. He said that “the protests have become a nationwide uprising.” “It is the eruption of the Iranian people’s pent-up anger in response to 43 years of suppression, corruption, and plunder.”
Protesters set fire to the streets and blockade the streets during protests over the death of a woman held by the Morality Police in Tehran, Iran.Â
(Associated Press)
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Safavi said these demonstrations stand out from other uprisings, like the 2019 protests over gas prices which left 1,500 dead in the bloodiest protest in the Islamic Republic’s history because this time, women are taking a leading role.
“Over the past 40 years, tens of thousands of women have been executed for their political views and affiliation with the MEK,” he added in reference to the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), whose Our goal is to overthrow our regime.“This is an important moment in the struggle of Iranian people for freedom & democracy.”
Safavi pointed out that the vast majority of protesters are Gen. Z millennials, which means that they have never experienced life in Iran without the autocratic regime.
FILE – This photo was taken by an unidentified person and obtained from the AP by the AP in Iran. It shows protesters chanting slogans to protest the detention of a woman by the morality police. The protest took place in Tehran, Iran on Sept. 21, 2022. Â
(AP Photo, File)
He said, “It’s time for the world to stop appeasing Iran and start supporting its people.”Â
Safavi told Fox News Digital that Iranians are now “rejecting the Shah’s dictatorship and religious tyranny” and are “demanding the establishment of a democratically elected republic based on the separation of religion and state and equal rights for women, ethnic and religious minorities.”
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Iranian news outlets reported on Friday night that around 35 people were killed during protests in Iran. According to MEK officials in Iran about 140 people have been killed and 5,000 others arrested.Â
Fox News Digital couldn’t independently verify the reported arrest and death figures.Â
