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April 20 - Kazerun, southern #Iran
Protesters turn Friday prayer into a major anti-regime rally.
"Our enemy is right here, they always say its America."
This can be a turning point as people can use each Friday to stage anti-government demos.
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April 20 - Kazerun, southern #Iran
Protesters turn Friday prayer into a major anti-regime rally.
"Beware of the day we get armed"
"Our disgrace, our state TV/radio"
#BanIRIB
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April 20 - #Iran's #Kurdistan Province witnessing continuing strikes & protests as store-owners & merchants demand reopening of border with #Iraq.
irannewswire.org/2018/04/20/ten…
From March 21st to April 20th protests were reported in numerous cities across #Iran.
#IranProtests continue & the uprising is very much alive.
#SaturdayMorning
April 22 - Supplementary reports on continuing strikes in #Iran's western provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah & West Azerbaijan.
#IranProtests
irannewswire.org/2018/04/22/con…
April 24 - Tabriz, NW #Iran
Activists say people forced to attend Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's speech at a soccer stadium are scene leaving in the middle of his remarks.
Another sign of continuing #IranProtests.
April 24 - Tabriz, NW #Iran
People seen showing a red card (meaning expulsion in a soccer game) during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's speech at a soccer stadium.
Another sign of continuing #IranProtests.
April 24 - Tabriz, NW #Iran
More scenes of people ridiculing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's speech at a soccer stadium.
Another sign of continuing #IranProtests.
#IranProtests continued in new form as Tabriz locals dismayed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a speech today.
#Iran
irannewswire.org/2018/04/24/rou…
Marivan, Kurdistan Province, W #Iran
Residents were protesting the IRGC murdering of a local man, Haj Latif Nami. He was killed by Col. Kave Kohnepushi who then set Nami’s home ablaze. Protests continued late into the night.
#IranProtests
CORRECTION:
Haji Latif Nikpay (L)
IRGC Col. Kave Kohnepushi (R)
Scenes from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, W #Iran
Authorities dispatched security units to quell protesters.
#IranProtests
This map depicts the number of protests reported across #Iran on Tuesday, April 25th.
#IranProtests continue.
"Porters are hungry"
As #Iran's regime continues its policy of closing borders with Iraq, resulting in tens of thousands of locals losing their source of income, this young child resembles the people's suffering.
#IranProtests
For those claiming #IranProtests have died down:

"If the people revolt, they will throw us all to the sea," says a senior official in #Iran's hierarchy.
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A picture is worth a thousand words

April 30 - #Baneh, #Kurdistan Province, #Iran
"Daddy doesn't have bread"
"We are not hoodlums. We want bread."

The Iranian regime continues to close large segments of the Iran-Iraq border, depriving many people of their income.
#IranProtests
#LabourDay in #Iran
May 1
Video shows #MayDay rally in Tehran outside the regime's parliament.
#LabourDay in #Iran
May 1
Images show #MayDay rally in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province.
#LabourDay in #Iran
Video shows people chanting anti-government slogans even at the regime's own #MayDay rally in Tehran.
"Death to oppressors, hail to workers"
#LabourDay in #Iran
Video shows protesters at Tehran's #MayDay chanting slogans demanding the release of detained workers.
#LabourDay in #Iran
Video shows brave female protesters at Tehran's #MayDay rally explaining how they were able to help a number of women arrested by authorities escape.
People are overcoming their fears.
#LabourDay in Yazd, central #Iran
Video shows a large #MayDay march in the city's Modares Boulevard.
Protesters are chanting:
"Workers are aware & despite exploitation"
#LaborDay
Authorities use pepper spray to disperse a protesting crowd of investors demanding their savings back from the state-run Alborz Credit Institute in Karaj, W of Tehran #Iran.
#MayDay
#LaborDay
Protesters in #Iran rallying outside the parliament in Tehran, holding placards reading:
"Workers don't belong in prison"
#MayDay
#LaborDay rally in Tehran, #Iran, outside the regime's parliament
Sign reads:
"1% fully provided for - 99% utterly starving"
#MayDay
Labor activists arrested today in #Iran
Afshin Heyratian (TL)
Mohsen Thaghafi (BL)
Othman Esmaeeli (TR)
Mostafa Aghaee (CR)
Hossein Azar Gashasb (BR)
#MayDay #LaborDay
"To the billionaire minister, I haven't purchased meat for 40 months"

A very telling sign of the atrocious conditions #Iran's workers are enduring under the mullahs' regime.
Over 50 million Iranians are living in poverty, according to a state news agency.

#MayDay #LaborDay
#BREAKING from #Baneh, W #Iran
Sources say security forces, including the IRGC, are unofficially imposing martial law & signs indicate authorities intend to force storeowners & bazaar merchants to end their 17-day strike.
May 2 - #Baneh, W #Iran
General strike continues for 18th consecutive day despite authorities cutting off Internet connections.
Locals are calling on neighboring towns of Sardasht, Saqqez, Divandareh, Marivan, Sanandaj, Bukan & others to joint their protest movement.
May 3 - Kazerun, Fars Province, southern #Iran
Massive rally outside the governor's office as people continue to protest plans to divide their city.
#IranProtests
#ThursdayThoughts
Despite the massive filtering of social media websites imposed by #Iran's regime, the Iranian people are seen sharing such cartoons to voice their thoughts about the ruling mullahs' regime.
#ThursdayThoughts
#NorthKorea will be eliminating its intercontinental ballistic missiles once & for all, according to Japan's Asahi Shimbun daily.
U.S. nuclear experts & CIA agents recently went to N. Korea to prepare the upcoming meeting between Trump & Kim Jong Un.

#ThursdayThoughts for #Iran!
The Iranian people are overcoming their fears.
Video shows crowd rushing to the support of a deprived street-vendor as municipality agents sought to confiscate his goods (being his only means of income).
#Iran's regime is terrified of a restive, powder keg society.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Central Bank
Credit firm clients demanding their savings back are attacked by state police.
Security forces resorting to brute force against peaceful protesters.
#IranProtests
"Rouhani, you're a traitor if you remain silent"
People are heard chanting during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's recent speech in the city of Neyshabur, NE #Iran.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Clients of the Arman-e Vahdat credit firm staging major protest rally outside the branch demanding their savings back.

Regime-backed institutions are known to rob people of their savings.
#IranProtests
Outside Alborz Province governor's office, N #Iran
Clients of the Alborz Development credit firm demanding savings back.

"They say U.S. is a thief, Iran [regime] is the king of all thieves"
"They took our money, now they dispatch club-wielders"

Security units attack protesers.
After of a day of teachers & people from other parts of life rallying in 41 different cities on Wednesday demanding their delayed paychecks, authorities responded by providing each teacher with a document thanking them for their hard work!
#Iran
#IranProtests
People of #Baneh, western #Iran, are saying if the Iran-Iraq border isn't opened before May 15th, they will expand their ongoing general strike by boycotting all gov institutions & banks, and refuse to pay water, electricity, gas, telephone & all other bills.
Expanding strikes in Shahriar, west of Tehran, #Iran
Gold & jewelery stores closed on May 10th.
#IranProtests
Four teachers arrested on Thursday as teachers across #Iran staged a nationwide protest rally demanding their delayed paychecks.
All the while, the regime is demanding $12K for their release.
#IranProtests
Mohammad Habibi, beaten & arrested yesterday in Tehran's teachers protests yesterday (May10), is being held in an unknown location.
#Iran
#IranProtests
#WeAreHostages
Tehran market, #Iran
Store-owners & bazaar merchants joining an ongoing general strike launched 27 days by #Baneh in Kurdistan Province.
Iran's regime suffering blows from within & abroad.
#IranProtests
Mashhad, NE #Iran
Three bazaar districts are currently on strike, sources say.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Clients of the IRGC-affiliated Caspian credit firm are demanding their stolen savings returned and Central Bank chief Valiollah Seif's immediate resignation.
#IranProtests
A brave mother in today's protests in Tehran, #Iran:
- "They (the mullahs" are robbing the people under the name of God, then sit on their thrones expressing hollow claims"
- "They robbed us of our oil, gas & water. They sold it all & pocketed the profits"
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Another image of the capital's bazaar on strike today.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
New footage of bazaar merchants & store-owners on strike in the country's capital.
This protest is in solidarity with the ongoing 27-day general strike launched by the locals of #Baneh, Kurdistan Province (western Iran).
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Aladdin bazaar store-owners on strike & even the electricity is even turned off.
This is resulting from the nosediving currency crisis.
#IranDealWithdrawl
Tehran, #Iran
Kuwaitis Mall store-owners on strike.
Word on the street is the country's economy is crumbling following the #IranDealWithdrawl.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
More store-owners & merchants in the capital's famous bazaar are joining the expanding general strike.
#IranProtests
Ardabil, NW #Iran
Store-owners on strike in the city bazaar, joining a continuing general strike in #Baneh, Ahvaz, Tehran & Mashhad's gold retailers.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
As store-owners in Aladdin mall and the "mobile" bazaar join a nationwide general strike, authorities are seen dispatching motorcycle anti-riot units to these areas.
#IranProtests
#WeAreHostages
Kerman, central #Iran
Activists report store-owners in the city's famous "Azadi" (Freedom) bazaar are joining the general strike witnessed in a variety of cities across the country.
#IranProtests
Demonstrators in Kazerun, southern #Iran, holding a massive march chanting against the Iranian regime's foreign meddling:
"They support Gaza, yet betray Kazerun"
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
19 protests registered across #Iran on Tuesday, May 19th, in the cities of Tehran, Isfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Rasht, Arak, Yasuj, Kuhrang, Qeshem, Baneh, Abadan, Bandar Abbas, Tabriz, Dezful, Ardokan, Goharkuh & Tomp, Yazd, Sistan & Kurdistan.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#Iran
Golshahr-Sadeghiyeh Metro
8:30 am local time

People heard chanting "Death to Dictator" as metro service suffers technical difficulties.

#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
For those who claim #IranProtests have died down, this video is from the city of Kazerun (southern #Iran) where people have been demonstrating all day & are continuing their rally into the night, protesting plans to divide their city.
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Reports indicate at least 100 protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, have been arrested by authorities & security forces are opening fire.
Three demonstrators are reportedly killed & a number of others, including a woman, are injured.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
First image of a wounded protester in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
Authorities have arrested over 100 protesters & opened fire on demonstrators, sources say.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
First video of authorities opening fire on protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
Authorities have arrested over 100 protesters, killing at least three & numerous others are wounded, including a woman.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
More footage of demonstrators protesting authorities opening fire on tonight's rally in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
First footage of angry demonstrators setting fire to a police station & a police vehicle in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
More footage of angry demonstrators setting fire to a police station & a police vehicle in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
Reports indicate people are taking arms.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
More images of wounded protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
Demonstrators are setting fire to a local police station & a police vehicle.
Reports also indicate people are taking up arms.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, rallying outside a police station where protesters are said to be held.
Sources say people are taking up arms.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, hurling stones at a police station.
Shots are fired.
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#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Sources indicate protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, are continuing their demonstration & intend to take over the city's governor office.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Latest report from protests in #Kazerun, southern #Iran:
- Authorities firing tear gas & bird shots
- Gunfire heard from roads leading to Enghelab & Hamidi streets
- Locals living in nearby Shiraz are planning to go to Kazerun tomorrow
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Sources in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, sending more footage of angry demonstrators setting a local police station on fire.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Sources in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, sending more footage of protesters continuing their demonstration into late hours of the night, demanding the release of arrested demonstrators.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Sources in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, sending more footage of protesters demanding the release of arrested demonstrators.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Iranians spreading the word about the news of protests in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, using the Farsi hashtag:

#كازرون_در_خون

Kazerun in blood

#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Uncomfirmed reports from #Kazerun, southern #Iran, indicate a 12-year-old girl wounded by authorities has lost her life.
#كازرون_در_خون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Names of numerous arrested protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran:

Mohammad Shafi'i
Mohammad Dehghan
Mehdi Davoudi
Masoud Mokhtarzadeh
Akbar Abbasi
Behnam Yousefian
Hossein Heydari
Mohammad Rasekhi

#كازرون_در_خون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Sources in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, sending a photo saying this is the leg of a female protester shot by authorities using live bullets.
#كازرون_در_خون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Sources reporting around 40 anti-riot vehicles have left Shiraz & are heading towards #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#كازرون
#كازرون_در_خون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Sources from #Kazerun, southern #Iran say:
- Hamid Biyun & Majid Sirous are two protesters killed by authorities
- More than seven protesters are wounded
- Clashes erupted at Boniyad Shaheed St. & police intel building set on fire
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Sources from #Kazerun, southern #Iran say locals in the town of Seif Abad, south of Kazerun, have opened fire on state police units.
People in Kazerun are taking up arms & throwing stones on police units from their rooftops.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Sources from #Kazerun, southern #Iran, say anti-riot units have reached the city.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Majid Sirous, a local of #Kazerun, southern #Iran, killed in tonight's protests as authorities opened fire on demonstrators.
RIP
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Latest report of protesters killed by authorities in #Kazerun, southern #Iran:

Reza Jokar
Hamid Biyun
Majis Sirous
Bahman Ahmadi
Ali Mohammadi
Parastu Jokar

#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Footage of anti-riot units arriving at #Kazerun, southern #Iran, & heading towards the city's governor office.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Footage of protesters wounded by authorities in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Images of more protesters wounded by authorities in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
New footage of tonight's anti-regime protests #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Images of female protesters wounded by authorities in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Reports indicate the locals of Seif Abad, located south of #Kazerun in southern #Iran, are blocking a road to prevent anti-riot units being dispatched from Shiraz to reach Kazerun.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
More footage of anti-riot units reaching #Kazerun in southern #Iran from the city of Shiraz.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
More incoming footage of anti-riot units reaching #Kazerun in southern #Iran from the city of Shiraz.
Bank Melli Intersection
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Image of Reza Jokar, said to be the first protester killed in tonight's protests of #Kazerun, in southern #Iran.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
New video shows protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, transferring a wounded demonstrator to a hospital.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Video shows protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, being attacked by security forces & anti-riot units, sources say.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
New footage of Boniyad Shaheed St. in #Kazerun, southern #Iran
Source says police intelligence building set ablaze by protesters
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Activists are reporting locals in various cities across #Iran are planning rallies in support of #Kazerun:

Ahvaz, SW Iran
Isfahan, central Iran
Shiraz, southern Iran
Mashhad, NE Iran

Rallies scheduled for Thursday 10 am, local time

#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
New reports indicate dozens of protesters were wounded as authorities opened fire on demonstrators last night in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
Opposition says the mullahs are more vulnerable than ever before & regime change is attainable.
#كازرون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
May 16 - Tehran, #Iran
Images show store-owners in the capital's Negin mall refusing their shops & joining a general strike.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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Situation in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, reported as tense.
Roads leading to city's main square filled with security & anti-riot units.
Various groups of protesters are gathering & setting tires on fire.
Security units firing tear gas at protesters.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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Death of two protesters confirmed. Some sources reporting four deaths.
Nine others are injured, two of which are reported as in serious conditions.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
#Kazerun, southern #Iran
Mobile & internet network reportedly shut down.
Locals of Seif Abad, south of Kazerun, killed two state agents last night, sources say.
Reports show Karimi, Kazerun intel chief, has evacuated his family from the city.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#Kazerun protests receiving coverage in media.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
foxnews.com/politics/2018/…
Map shows a variety of protests staged on Wednesday, May 16th, across #Iran.
#IranProtests are very much alive.
#FreeIran2018
A mullah's tweet in response to people spreading the word about #Kazerun protests in southern #Iran:

"Please don't spread lies, exaggerate or draw cartoons about Kazerun. Tweet a bit about the conditions of black people in the U.S. & protesters in France!"

#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
#Kazerun, southern #Iran
12:30 pm local time
Large gathering of protesters heading towards Jomhouri (Republic) St.
People chanting:
"We are ready for an uprising"
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
#Kazerun, southern #Iran
Reports indicate security units using plastic bullets today.
2 dead, more than 15 injured.
Internet is very slow.
Bus stations & a number of banks damaged, sources say.
Protesters throwing rocks at security units.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
#Kazerun, southern #Iran
Sources say 7 dead (5 men, 1 woman, 1 young girl)
Stores & banks closed.
Protesters damaged all banks.
Tires on fire in streets leading to main square.
Air full of tear gas.
2 police trailers & 4 vehicles set on fire.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Graffiti in Tehran, #Iran reads:
"#Kazerun drowned in blood. People, rise in support."

Reports indicate internet & telephone lines are down in Kazerun since 5 am Thursday morning local time.

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#FreeIran2018
Students of Tehran's Amir Kabir Tech University issue a statement supporting the #Kazerun protests & condemning security forces' attacks & use of live bullets.

#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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#BREAKING
New video from #Kazerun, southern #Iran, shows intensity of recent clashes between protesters & security forces.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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#BREAKING
New video from #Kazerun, southern #Iran, shows intensity of recent clashes between protesters & security forces.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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#BREAKING
New video from #Kazerun, southern #Iran, shows intensity of recent clashes between protesters & security forces.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
New images from #Kazerun, southern #Iran, shows intensity of recent clashes between protesters & security forces.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Fars Province governor claims #Kazerum protests are under control while numerous locals have lost their lives.
If the situation is under control, why are telephone & internet lines down?
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Unconfirmed reports from #Kazerun, southern #Iran:
- At least five dead during Wednesday night's protests
- (Two dead is confirmed)
- 12 year old boy may be among the dead
- One dead today
- Some hospitals reporting 60 wounded protesters
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Video shows numerous security & anti-riot units being dispatched to quell protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Sources from #Kazerun reporting people taken over the city.
At least 7 or 8 security forces' motorcycles set on fire & destroyed.
Security units were surrounded & didn't know where to flee.
Authorities dispatching more anti-riot units from Shiraz.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#Iran's state-run media are acknowledging the protests in #Kazerun by reporting one dead & six wounded in last night's skirmishes.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
New video shows protesters setting tires on fire in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Latest unconfirmed report from #Kazerun, southern #Iran, indicates authorities imposing a state of martial law.
All stores & banks are closed.
Clashes continued until early this morning.
5 deaths, including 3 protesters & 2 security forces.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
New image of a young man badly wounded by security forces in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Reports from #Kazerun indicate more than 100 motorcycles belonging to #Iran's security forces have been destroyed by protesters.
Anti-riot units were no match for the demonstrators.
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#FreeIran2018
Graffiti in Amol, northern #Iran
"Long live Kazerun"
"Let's fight this to the end"

#Kazerun protesters enjoy support from across the country.

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#FreeIran2018
Employees of #Iran's National Oil Co. issue a statement supporting #Kazerun protests.
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#FreeIran2018
Store-owners in Maku, northwest #Iran, closed their stores protesting the regime's custom policies that has led to a shortage in supplies for their stores.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
More images from #Kazerun, southern #Iran
-Internet is down
-Locals main concern is for their voices not being heard
-City is nearly in total control of the protesters
-Anti riot units are terrified
-2 helicopters also arrived from Shiraz. Load unknown
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Graffiti from Kermanshah, western #Iran, in support of #Kazerun protests:

"Beware of the day we are armed. You shed Kazerun's blood. It will not go unanswered."

#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
More images of #Iran's authorities dispatching anti-riot units to quell #Kazerun protests.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
"We swear on the martyrs' blood, everyday we'll be in Shohada (Martyrs) Square"

Locals in #Kazerun vow to continue protests

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#FreeIran2018
People in Tehran, the capital of #Iran, expressing their support for #Kazerun protests.

"Kazerun engulfed in blood - Rise in support - Tehran"

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#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Checkpoints & heavy security presence reported in Tehran between the mansion of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei & Jomhouri (Republic) St., sources say.
Authorities & senior officials concerned of #Kazerun protests spreading across #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Video from #Kazerun, southern #Iran, shows emergency bus used to transfer at least 30 members of security forces & anti-riot units injured in recent clashes with protesters.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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Video of today's clashes between protesters and security forces in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
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#FreeIran2018
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Video of today's clashes between protesters and security forces in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
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#FreeIran2018
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Video of today's clashes between protesters and security forces in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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From #Kazerun, #Iran
9:30 pm local time
- Anti-riot units stationed in all streets leading to Shohada Sq.
- People gathering without chanting to stage new attacks
- All internet & mobile phone connections are down
- Activists sending reports from 10 km outside of the city
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From #Kazerun, #Iran
9:30 pm local time
- Authorities not allowing anyone to take footage
- People seen with mobile phones are arrested on the spot & your phones are broken before your eyes
- Activists say they have plenty of footage they cannot send due to slow internet
#BREAKING
#Kazerun, #Iran
A number of busses seen transferring dozens of injured state police unit members to Vali Asr Hospital in Nour Abad Momaseni, located 30 kilometers from outside of Kazerun.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
New footage from #Kazerun, southern #Iran, shows the aftermath of heavy clashes between protesters & anti-riot units.
#IranProtests are very much alive
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
- New clashes reported in #Kazerun, southern #Iran
- A number of ambulances dispatched from Shiraz to Kazerun
- Intense security atmosphere reported
- City is similar to a war zone
- Protesters setting government property on fire
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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Quoted by @BenEvansky:
Heshmat Alavi... following the protests since they started last December, told Fox News that "the scene we are witnessing in #Kazerun is merely one of the many flashpoints in #Iran, a powder keg state considered ready to explode at any moment.”
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Quoted by @BenEvansky:
Alavi said more protests have been occurring across the country.
"Reports from a variety of sources are indicating anti-regime rallies and protests throughout the country, staged by people from all walks of life," he said.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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Quoted by @BenEvansky:
“This includes teachers, college students, store-owners and bazaar merchants, credit firm clients seeking their stolen savings."
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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Quoted by @BenEvansky:
Alavi... said President Trump’s tough policy makes a difference.
"Whenever the Iranian regime becomes the target of a firm policy, this plays into the interests of the Iranian people & revives a nearly four-decade dispute," he said.
#FreeIran2018
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Quoted by @BenEvansky:
“(The) principle here is the fact that the Iranian people want regime change and are taking major steps towards this objective.”
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
New footage of state police vehicles set on fire by protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
More new footage of anti-riot vehicles destroyed by protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#Kazerun, southern #Iran
Smoke from Bank Melli intersection & gun shots heard from across the city, activists say.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Image of today's clashes between protesters & security forces in #Kazerun, southern #Iran
Activists unofficial martial law is imposed in the city.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Image of a police trailer set ablaze by protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran
Activists say unofficial martial law is imposed in the city.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
New footage of protesters in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, clashing with anti-riot units & being supported by bystanders filming the scene.
People are overcoming their fears.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
May 17
More footage of brave #Kazerun protesters forcing #Iran's anti-riot units to retreat.
People are overcoming their fears.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
(1)
- Reports from #Kazerun show protesters continued to rally on Thursday night
- Brave youths attacked anti-riot units from 10 pm to 2:30 am local time
- 2-man teams on motorcycles continuously attacked the regime's units
- Mehr & Eghtesad banks burned in flames (pictured)
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- Anti-riot units in #Kazerun continuously fired tear gas & plastic bullets
- Locals showed more support on Thursday night, opening their homes to help wounded protesters
- Internet lines are down
- Protests likely today after Friday prayers
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
(1)
Sources sending new footage from protesters taking on anti-riot units in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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Sources sending new footage from protesters taking on anti-riot units in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
(3)
Sources sending new footage from protesters taking on anti-riot units in #Kazerun, southern #Iran.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
A very telling cartoon by @ManaNeyestani on the developments in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, and how the Iranian regime's state media only cover the news of #Gaza to mislead the Iranian people.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Latest report from #Kazerun, #Iran:
- People gathering in Kheyrat Sq.
- Authorities preventing gatherings
- Small number of regime loyalists taking part in Friday prayers
- Roads to Friday prayer site closed
- Anti-riot units stationed in the streets
- Shohada St. is a "war zone"
A very telling cartoon on how #Iran's regime reacts to #IranProtests...

#Kazerun
#Gaza
#Hypocrisy
Tehran University, #Iran
Massive dispatching of police & other security forces.
Sources say the Iranian regime is literally terrified to hold its weekly Friday prayer sermons, knowing such scenes can evolve into anti-regime protests.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#Iran opposition PMOI/MEK reporter from #Kazerun:
- Throughout the night anti-riot units were seen breaking the windows & windshields of numerous parked vehicles.
- Two explosions were heard last night & the reasons remain a mystery.
(File Photo)
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
#Iran opposition PMOI/MEK reporter from #Kazerun:
- Nearly 10 protesters shot Wednesday night couldn't reach a hospital as security forces there sought to arrest them.
- Locals brought the wounded into their homes. No info on latest status.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
(1)
Latest news from #Kazerun:
Friday prayer site was very crowded as people chanted anti-regime slogans. Many were not praying & came out of the mosque.
Around 100 anti-riot unit motorcycles at the scene.
(File Photo)
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
(2)
Authorities dispatched security units from Kohgiluyeh, Tehran & Isfahan.
No one listening to authorities calling for calm
100 anti-riot unit members in Abuzar St.
All main roads were cleaned by the municipality. Shohada Sq. filled with smoke.
(File Photo)
#FreeIran2018
(3)
Mehr Bank was completely torched. Police stationed outside stores & banks.
Anti-riot units stationed outside the judiciary office. People sought to kill the city judiciary chief yesterday. Youths were seen chanting against the judiciary chief.
(File Photo)
#FreeIran2018
(4)
Locals saying a mullah had signed an order to open fire on protesters. All women are wearing face masks to not be identified.
Nearly 30 vehicles, 40-50 motorcycles & nearly 50-60 men of the anti-riot units stationed at the city’s Shohada Sq.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
(1)
Activists sending new images of damages inflicted by protesters in #Kazerun on the regime's assets.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
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Activists sending new images of damages inflicted by protesters in #Kazerun on the regime's assets.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
(3)
Activists sending new images of damages inflicted by protesters in #Kazerun on the regime's assets.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#Kazerun city judiciary building protected by anti-riot units.
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#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
#Iran's regime is sending forces from Dashte Barm, east of #Kazerun, to the city to quell any protests planned for tonight.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Activists are reporting that authorities in #Kazerun are arresting protesters wounded & injured in the past few days, even raiding their homes in this crackdown.
Half of all internet & mobile phone lines are down.
A major quelling is in the making. Spread the word.
#BREAKING
Masshad, NE #Iran
Reports indicate people are shaping a protest rally in the city's Mellat Park.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
Masshad, NE #Iran
In solidarity with #Kazerun demonstrations, reports indicate people are shaping a protest rally in the city's Mellat Park.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Mashhad, NE #Iran
Atlas bazaar
Video shows all stores are closed as this important religious city joins a general strike sweeping the country.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Latest video from #Kazerun, Friday night
Protesters chanting:
"Let's fight this to the end"
#کازرون_ایستاده
#کازرون_در_خون
#FreeIran2018
New video from #Kazerun, Friday night
People honking their horns in support of recent anti-regime protests & demonstrations.
#کازرون_ایستاده
#کازرون_در_خون
#FreeIran2018
(1)
Latest report from #Kazerun
Situation reported as tense on Friday night & locals reporting shots heard. People poured into the streets after sunset.
#كازرون_ايستاده
#كازرون_در_خون
#FreeIran2018
(File Photos)
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Latest report from #Kazerun
Protests first began in areas near the city’s central areas & roads leading to Shohada Sq., spreading to the south & streets leading to Khorramshahr Blvd. and 22 Bahman.
#كازرون_ايستاده
#كازرون_در_خون
#FreeIran2018
(File Photos)
(3)
Latest report from #Kazerun
Considering the restrictions imposed on Kazerun hospital, there is no confirmed information on the number of killed & wounded in these protests. Victims may increase as protests seem to continue.
#كازرون_در_خون
#FreeIran2018
(Footage from May 17)
Shahroud, east of Tehran, #Iran
Demonstration & strike reported in the city bazaar.
People are protesting the transfer of a local administration office.
"22 Bahman" St. has been blocked.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
#Kazerun
Authorities were ordering people to remain calm & reopen their stores.
Security forces were dispatched afterwards.
Situation is currently calm.
#کازرون_ایستاده
#کازرون_در_خون
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Shahroud, east of Tehran, #Iran
More images of a demonstration & a general strike reported in the city bazaar.
People are protesting the transfer of the local Road & Construction Dept. from Shahroud to Semnan.
"22 Bahman" Street has been blocked.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
#BREAKING
- Clashes reported in central area of #Kazerun
- Security units forced to retreat
- Film or photos can't be sent / Internet is down
#KazerunInBlood
#BREAKING
People from #Kazerun reporting an armed clash last night between locals & security units at the city's Quds Crossroad. Four plainclothes agents were wounded.
#KazerunInBlood
(File Photos)
#BREAKING
First video of today's general strike & protest march in Shahroud, east of Tehran, #Iran
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
Latest report from #Kazerun
- Rallies continued last until this morning
- People gathered at Shohada Sq. today at 10 am local time
- Anti-riot untis are worn out & leaving the city
- People saying they will not back down
- Protesters torched Bank Mellat last night
#KazerunInBlood
Image from #Kazerun on May 18th shows how people are in control of the city streets
#KazerunInBlood
#BREAKING
Image from #Kazerun on May 19th showings how people are expressing their hatred regarding the ruling regime.
#KazerunInBlood
Footage from #Kazerun on May 17th showings how people took severe measures against the ruling regime's security forces.
#KazerunInBlood
#BREAKING
Locals in #Kazerun reporting plainclothes agents on rooftops seen shooting at protesters this morning.
Spread the word. Authorities may be preparing for a massacre.
#KazerunInBlood
Ali Mohammadian Azad, killed by authorities in #Kazerun protests.
A poster of him is placed on the door of his store.
#KazerunInBlood
#BREAKING
Locals reporting authorities were transferring #Kazerun detainees to Shiraz in white vans escorted by the police.
#KazerunInBlood
Video from #Kazerun shows an activist taking footage of security forces attacking protesters & a brave woman defending him/her against security seeking to arrest him/her.
#KazerunInBlood
Image from #Kazerun shows protesters are resorting to using Molotov cocktails against state anti-riot units.
#IranProtests
#Kazerun - Friday, May 18
Video shows a police trailer set ablaze by protesters.
Locals are not giving up.
#IranProtests
#BREAKING
#Kazerun - Saturday, May 19
Video shows protesters attacking anti-riot units, forcing them to flee.
#IranProtests
#Kazerun - Saturday, May 19
Protesters chanting:
"My detained brother must be released"
#IranProtests
#Kazerun - Saturday, May 19
Video shows protesters gathering at Shohada (Martyrs) Square
#IranProtests
#Kazerun - Friday, May 18
Images show Shohada (Martyr) Square & continuing protests
#IranProtests
#Kazerun - Friday, May 18
Video shows night protests by locals chanting:
"My detained brother must be released"
#IranProtests
#Kazerun - Saturday, May 19
Image shows a tear gas canister launched into locals' residents
#KazerunInBlood
#Kazerun - Friday, May 18
Video shows massive present of anti-riot units dispatched around the city
#KazerunInBlood
#Kazerun - Thursday, May 17
Newly received footage of state security forces at the city judiciary building shooting at protesters
#KazerunInBlood
#Kazerun - Friday, May 18
More footage of security forces dispatched from abroad
#KazerunInBlood
#Kazerun - Thursday, May 17
More newly arriving footage of state security forces at the city judiciary building shooting at protesters
#KazerunInBlood
Locals saying #Kazerun authorities have flooded the city with plainclothes agents, took the weapons from police & are now using pellet guns against protesters; to then claim they never killed anyone.
#KazerunInBlood
#Kazerun - Saturday, May 19
Protesters chanting:
"Innocent prisoners must be released"
#IranProtests
Eslamshahr, SW of Tehran, #Iran
People resorting to any measures possible to express their protests regarding this regime.
#IranProtests
#FreeIran2018
People in the cities of Mashhad, Ahvaz, Zanjan & Doroud placing calls to rally in support of #Kazerun.
#IranProtests very much alive.
#Kazerun - Friday, May 18
High presence of security forces, many reportedly arrested, sources say.
#KazerunInBlood
#Kazerun
Reports indicate Omid Yousefian, wounded after being shot by live ammunition, died of his wounds today.
Omid was a building painter.
#KazerunInBlood
New footage of the intense atmosphere in #Kazerun, showing anti-riot units fleeing the scene as youths continue their protests.
#IranProtests
New images depicting the intense protests in #Kazerun, southern Iran
#IranProtests
New footage shows the scope of damages suffered by #Iran's security forces at the hands of #Kazerun protesters.
Unfortunately, #MSM refuses to provide any news coverage.
#IranProtests
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Latest report from #Kazerun
- Clashes erupted in Bank Melli Crossroad
- People sought to enter judiciary building; security units opened fire
- Judiciary issued fire-at-will orders to security forces
- Security units raid homes at night, arresting protesters
#KazerunInBlood
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- 3 water-cannon vehicles brought to #Kazerun; atmosphere very tense; roads very crowded
- Anti-riot units not brought out of bases during the day, to save their energy for the nights. Despite Ramadan, they’re not fasting & received cake & fruit juice today.
#KazerunInBlood
(3)
- Anyone w/ a face mask is arrested. Authorities are preventing all gatherings.
- Authorities promises to announce names of those arrested. Then they said 45% of them had previous criminal cases & will not be released.
#KazerunInBlood
(File Photo)
New video shows anti-riot units fleeing from a large crowd of protesters today in #Kazerun.
#IranProtests
New obtained footage from #Kazerun shows the aftermath of extensive clashes between protesters and anti-riot units.
#IranProtests
May 18
New video showing police vehicles & white vans transferring #Kazerun protest detainees to the city of Shiraz.
#KazerunInBlood
New footage from May 18 shows very tense atmosphere in #Kazerun & youths taking over the streets.
#IranProtests
New footage from May 18 shows very tense atmosphere in #Kazerun & youths clashing with anti-riot units.
#IranProtests
New images from May 18 show very tense atmosphere in #Kazerun & youths taking over the streets.
#IranProtests
#Kazerun
Activists posting new footage of anti-riot units, saying they are attacking people's cars & motorcycles.
#KazerunInBlood
New footage from #Kazerun - May 17
Protesters setting security vehicles on fire
(Shots heard)
#IranProtests
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Brave woman in #Kazerun:
"God damn all of you"
(Security officer's says, "Don't take footage")
"Why not? What are you afraid of? Now that you have made killers out of our youths to kill our people. Aren't you of this people? I spit on such a regime."
#KazerunInBlood
(2)
#Kazerun
(Man in white vehicle: "A bunch of ISIS are after us")
Brave woman:
"ISIS. What else? They're all ISIS... No one is afraid of any this."
#KazerunInBlood
Third day of rallies in Shahroud, east of Tehran, #Iran
People marching & protesting regime plans to relocate a local Road & Construction Dept. to another city.
#IranProtests
More videos of today's rally in Shahroud, #Iran
#IranProtests are continuing with #Kazerun and other cities across the country.
An interesting & very telling cartoon about #Iran's regime & protests such as the ongoing scenes in #Kazerun
New video of today's rally in Shahroud, northeast #Iran
#IranProtests are continuing with #Kazerun and other cities across the country.
Mashhad, northeast #Iran
IRGC-linked Caspian credit firm clients staging ongoing protests demanding their stolen savings be returned.
#IranProtests
#WeAreHostages
Sources say Reza (Behnam) Azhdari, an engineer, has been identified as another individual killed in #Kazerun.
(Seeking further confirmation)
#KazerunInBlood
This vehicle is being used by anti-riot units against #Kazerun protesters at nights.
Intense light causes temporary blindness for demonstrators.
Range: 150 meters
Also used by authorities against Dervish Gonabadi protesters in Tehran.
#KazerunInBlood
Intense security atmosphere in #Kazerun today
#KazerunInBlood
Arak, central #Iran
8 am today
Hepco employees continuing their protests
Authorities dispatched a large number of anti-riot units to the scene
#IranProtests
A necessary reminder.
The words of American political scientist Francis Fukuyama about #Iran & #IranProtests.
WARNING - DISTURBING IMAGE
Photos of a young man injured by the Iranian regime's anti-riot units in #Kazerun, southern Iran.
#KazerunInBlood
#BREAKING
Monday, May 21st
Massive dispatching of security forces in #Kazerun
#KazerunInBlood
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Latest #Kazerun report:
Siege by security forces continues. Internet & phone lines are down.
Checkpoints seen at roads leading into the city.
Murdered protesters are scheduled to be buried Tuesday. People say siege must be broken to hold a massive ceremony.
#KazerunInBlood
(2)
Locals say messages are seen in social media claiming #Kazerun is calm. This is all a lie, they say.
Anti-riot units are on shifts, resting in an IRGC-owned orchard outside of the city. Videos claiming the city is empty of security units are lies.
#KazerunInBlood
(3)
Locals ask why are internet & phone lines down? Because they have much to report to the outside world. #Iran’s authorities are terrified of the word getting out. As long as internet & mobile phones are down, Kazerun remains under siege.
#KazerunInBlood
#BREAKING
Shiraz, southern #Iran
Youths staging a gathering to rally in defense of the rights of the protesting people in #Kazerun.
#IranRegimeChange
#Iran
Students of Tehran's Azad University held a rally today protesting educational, recreational & research facility difficulties.
#IranProtests
(1)
Newly obtained images of #Kazerun protests
#KazerunInBlood
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Newly obtained images of #Kazerun protests
#KazerunInBlood
(3)
Newly obtained images of #Kazerun protests
#KazerunInBlood
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#Exclusive
#Iran - #Kazerun officials involved in recent protest crackdown:
(L to R)
Saeed Kamal Alavi – Kazerun governor
Col. Ali Zolqadri – Fars Province deputy police chief
Col. Mirjalal Mousavi – Fars Province special anti-riot police commander
#KazerunInBlood
@amnesty
(2)
#Exclusive
#Iran - #Kazerun officials involved in recent protest crackdown:
(L to R)
Brig. Gen. Abolfazl Gazani – 19th Fajr Corps deputy commander
Hashem Qiathi – Fars Province Fajr Corps commander
#KazerunInBlood
@hrw @StateDept @statedeptspox
(3)
#Exclusive
#Iran - #Kazerun officials involved in recent crackdown:
(L to R)
Rasoul Mohammadi – Khamenei’s envoy in Kazerun’s IRGC unit
Saeed Geranpaye – Kazerun intelligence chief
Col. Mohammad Ebadinezhad – Kazerun police chief
#KazerunInBlood
@SecPompeo @WhiteHouse
(4)
#Exclusive
#Iran - #Kazerun officials involved in recent crackdown:
(L to R)
Major Hassan Karimi – Kazerun IRGC unit deputy commander
Col. Shahram Afsharian – Kazerun IRGC unit commander
#KazerunInBlood
@UN @UNHumanRights @UN_HRC
Mehdi (Hadi) Jahantab is being reported as the fourth individual killed in the #Kazerun protests.
Until two nights ago his family was unaware of his whereabouts & authorities handed over his corpse yesterday.
#KazerunInBlood
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Truck drivers across the country, from Bandar Abbas & Bushehr in the south, to Tabriz in the northwest & Sirjan in central #Iran, are launching a nationwide strike today demanding higher paychecks.
#IranProtests
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Truck drivers across the country, from Bandar Abbas & Bushehr in the south, to Tabriz in the northwest & Sirjan in central #Iran, are launching a nationwide strike today demanding higher paychecks.
#IranProtests
Truck drivers of Shiraz, south-central #Iran, joining today's nationwide strike demanding higher paychecks.
#IranProtests
Truck drivers of Akbarabad Kavar, in south-central #Iran, joining today's nationwide strike demanding higher paychecks.
#IranProtests
Truck drivers of Bandar Langeh of Hormozgan Province, in southern #Iran, joining today's nationwide strike demanding higher paychecks.
#IranProtests
Truck drivers of Bandar Langeh of Isfahan, in central #Iran, joining today's nationwide strike demanding higher paychecks.
Oil, insurance & others are all rising, however, this man explains.
#IranProtests
Various images of truck drivers of across #Iran joining today's nationwide strike demanding higher paychecks.
#IranProtests
Truck drivers on strike in Nowshahr, northern #Iran
#IranProtests
Employees of the Taravros Varamin Company, protesting not receiving their paychecks, staged their rally today by blocking a rail track.
Circled man in the right picture is an intelligence agent, sources say.
#Iran
#IranProtests
Image showing posters of four #Kazeroun locals killed by #Iran's authorities in the latest protests.
May they rest in peace
#KazerunInBlood
#WeAreHostages
Iranians continuing to express their support for #IranRegimeChange
Today the people of #Kazerun buried the bodies of Ali Mohammad Azad & Hadi Jahantab, two protesters killed by authorities during the city's recent uprising wave.
#WeAreHostages
#IranRegimeChange
#BREAKING
Massive turnout for the burial of two protesters murdered by #Iran's security forces during #Kazerun's recent uprising wave.
#KazerunInBlood
#BREAKING
More footage of today's massive turnout for the burial of two protesters murdered by #Iran's security forces during #Kazerun's recent uprising wave.
#KazerunInBlood
#BREAKING
Third video of today's massive turnout for the burial of two protesters murdered by #Iran's security forces during #Kazerun's recent uprising wave.
#KazerunInBlood
#BREAKING
Images of today's massive turnout for the burial of two protesters murdered by #Iran's security forces during #Kazerun's recent uprising wave.
#KazerunInBlood
Footage of yesterday's massive turnout for the burial of two protesters murdered by #Iran's security forces during #Kazerun's recent uprising wave.
They're chanting:
"Proud Kazerunis, support us"
#KazerunInBlood
Footage of Azad University students in Tehran holding a protest rally today
#Iran
#IranProtests
Truck drivers in #Iran continuing their nationwide strikes today
Video from Nowshahr, North Khorasan Province, northeast Iran
#IranProtests
Latest (edited) video of funerals held in #Kazerun yesterday for 2 of the 4 protesters killed in recent uprising spark.

Large is heard chanting:
"I will kill those who killed my brother"
"Proud Kazerunis are in grief today"

#KazerunInBlood
May 23 - Tehran, #Iran
Amin Hozur district - 12 pm local time
Activist reports all stores in this area are closed
#IranProtests
Mehran, southwest #Iran, bordering #Iraq
Voice explains this border crossing used to witness 700-800 trucks exporting goods to Iraq each day.
Truck drivers across Iran are continuing their general strike today.
#IranProtests
May 23 - Tehran, #Iran
15 Khordad Street
Activist reports all stores in this area are closed
#IranProtests
More videos of long gasoline ques in Shiraz, south-central #Iran.
Truck drivers' general strike is already beginning to cripple the regime's economy & there is potential for new #IranProtests.
Protests continued last night in #Kazerun, especially since authorities did not live up to their promises to release detained protesters.
#KazerunInBlood
Protests in #Kazerun - Tuesday night, May 22
People are chanting:
"Proud Kazerunis, support us"
#KazerunInBlood
Interesting report:
"Villagers of Mehranjan & Seif Abad near #Kazerun besieged anti-riot units dispatched from Shiraz at Kazerun's entrance, resulting in an armed skirmish. All communication lines are down."
#KazerunInBlood
#IranRegimeChange
Yazd, central #Iran
Truck drivers in large numbers on strike
#رانندگان_کامیون
#IranProtests
Newly obtained footage of funerals held yesterday in #Kazerun
People chanting:
"I will kill those who killed my brother"
#KazerunInBlood
Newly obtained footage of funerals held yesterday in #Kazerun
People chanting:
"Governor, shame on you, the blood of our youths are on your hands"
#KazerunInBlood
Sirjan, southern #Iran
Truck drivers joining the nationwide general strike.
#رانندگان_کامیون
#IranProtests
#IranRegimeChange
Garmeh, NE #Iran
As truck drivers continue their nationwide protests, police vehicles are seen escorting a fuel truck. The driver is ridiculed by the protesters.
(Vulgar language)
Authorities are providing fuel to gas stations to prevent revolts.
#رانندگان_کامیون
#IranProtests
Shiraz, southern #Iran
More videos of authorities escorting fuel trucks.
Iranian regime authorities are desperate to provide fuel for gas stations to prevent revolts.
#رانندگان_کامیون
#IranProtests
Unfortunately, reports from #Kazerun indicate Ms. Parastu Jokar was killed on the first night of the protests. Her family was threatened by the regime's intelligence agents & forced to bury her without any ceremony or informing the media.
RIP
#KazerunInBlood
Reports from Shiraz, south-central #Iran, indicate authorities are literally begging truck drivers to transfer fuel to gas stations with police escorts.
Drivers are refusing to cooperate.
#رانندگان_کامیون
#IranProtests
Long ques reported at gas stations in Asaluyie, southern #Iran
#رانندگان_کامیون
#IranProtests
Shiraz, south-central #Iran
While taking footage of a long que for gasoline, an activists encourages the striking truck drivers across the country to continue their protests.
#رانندگان_کامیون
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
More cities across #Iran are either witnessing long ques of people seeking gas or closed gas stations that ran out of fuel.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Lamerd, south-central #Iran
Long ques of vehicles seeking gasoline.
The immediate result of truck drivers launching a nationwide general strike.
This shows how fragile the mullahs' regime so-called infrastructure actually is.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Yazd, central #Iran
Long ques of vehicles seeking gasoline.
Each car is only provided around 20 liters of gas, a little more than 5 gallons.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
#Iran authorities literally begging truck drivers to end their strike & promising all fuel trucks will be provided police escorts.
Voices indicate people don't believe their words.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
#Iran's truck drivers continuing their general strike into the third day on Thursday
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
More images of #Iran's truck drivers continuing their general strike into the third day on Thursday
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
More images obtained of #Iran's truck drivers continuing their general strike into the third day on Thursday
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
#BREAKING
Isfahan refinery truck drivers scuffled w/ police, sources say.
Drivers block main roads to refinery.
Anti-riot units forced drivers to load fuel.
Half of Isfahan’s gas stations will run out of fuel tonight.
License of drivers refusing are confiscated.
#IranProtests
#Iran's truck drivers, on a general strike sweeping the country, are in high spirits
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Activists are planning a Twitter campaign in support of #Iran's truck drivers who are on a general strike as we speak.
Today - 4:30 pm GMT
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranRegimeChange‌
Shiraz, south-central #Iran
May 24
Minibus drivers joining the truck drivers' general strike.
These drivers are protesting skyrocketing spare parts prices, too.
#IranProtests
#Iran's truck drivers showing high spirits while continuing their general strike into the third day on Thursday
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Shahre Kord, central #Iran
#Iran's truck drivers continuing their general strike into the fourth day on Friday
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Reports indicate on Saturday bus drivers in #Iran also intend to join the nationwide strike of truck drivers.
Bus drivers are protesting high spare parts prices, poor road conditions & low wages.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Shahr-e Kord, central #Iran
Voice explains how protesters blocked fuel trucks, escorted by anti-riot units, as they sought to transfer fuel from Shahr-e Kord to Isfahan.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Abarghuh #Iran
Protesting truck drivers, on strike, are seen blocking the path of fuel tankers being escorted by state police.
Authorities have failed in their efforts to confront the nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Shahin Shahr, central #Iran
Sources say a fuel truck was set ablaze as truck drivers across the country continue their strike.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Skirmish between truck drivers on strike & #Iran's police as they seek to escort fuel trucks to gas stations.
Situation getting very intense.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Malekan, NW #Iran
Truck drivers on strike are resisting various measures by authorities to disrupt their protests.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
#Iran activists are posting this picture of a colonel who attacked the protesting truck drivers on strike.
A good target for @rasuyab
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
#BREAKING
Reports indicate the pre-planned Tehran bazaar strike scheduled for today has begun.
#IranProtests
May 25
Bandar Abbas - Sirjan highway - southern #Iran
State agents seen reported to have used tear gas & electric shockers to disperse protesting truck drivers & force them to end their nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
More images of Tehran's bazaar strike.
This is Nosser Khosrow St.
Stores are closed as people are protesting recession & a weak economy, leaving most of the people without any purchasing power.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Karaj, west of Tehran, #Iran
Saturday, May 26 - 10 am local time
Bazaar strike begins
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
#Iran
Truck drivers continuing their strike into the 5th consecutive day
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Divandareh, western #Iran
Latest video of truck drivers continuing their strike into the 5th consecutive day
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Kermanshah, western #Iran
New video of truck drivers continuing their strike into the 5th consecutive day.
This goes against all state-run media claims of the strike coming to an end.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Zarrinshahr, central #Iran - May 26
10 am local time
Fuel tanker escorted to Shahr-e Kord
As truck drivers continue their general strike, authorities are forced to resort to such measures.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
More images of bazaar strike in the country's capital.
#اعتصاب_تهران
#IranProtests
Hamedan, western #Iran
Drivers of flat-bed truck carrying steel have also announced they are joining the nationwide strike
#اعتصاب_تهران
#IranProtests
Robat Karim, SW of Tehran, #Iran
Bus drivers, also complaining of high spare parts prices & low wages, have joined the nationwide strike in its 5th day now.
#IranProtests
More images of bazaar & store owners on strike across #Iran.
#اعتصاب_تهران
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Isfahan railway, central #Iran
May 26th - 10 am local time
No trains on the rails as workers are on strike, demanding their paychecks that have been delayed for the past four months.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
#Iran's authorities are launching various security units, including special anti-riot forces, to compel truck drivers end their nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
#Iran Internet taxi drivers also on strike today, protesting low wages & company officials taking advantage of their situation.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Ms. Azadeh Shams, a truck driver in #Iran, has joined the truck drivers' nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
#Iran
More images of Tehran bazaar & store owners on strike.
#اعتصاب_تهران
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Neyshabur, NE #Iran
Authorities seen literally begging truck drivers to end their nationwide strike.
Drivers are completely refusing.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Kerman, central #Iran
Activists reporting Oil Company employees joining the nationwide truck drivers' strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
#Kazerun truck drivers have joined #Iran's nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
(1)
More images of #Iran truck drivers' nationwide strike
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
(2)
More images of #Iran truck drivers' nationwide strike
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Maku, NW #Iran
Border market, with more than 700 stores, on strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
This map of Saturday's #IranProtests across #Iran vividly explains the crisis the regime is facing.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Ceremony commemorating Naser Malek Motiei, a renowned Iranian actor & director, becomes political as people are heard chanting:
"Shame on our state TV" (IRIB)
#BanIRIB
#IranProtests
Unlike other state-supported celebrities in #Iran who have voted for this regime in so-called elections (L), Naser Malek Motiei, a renowned Iranian actor & director (R), was never willing to support the ruling mullahs in any way whatsoever.
#IranProtests
#Iran's taxi drivers joining the general strike today.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Truckers in Bushehr, southern #Iran, joining the general strike.
Reports indicate truckers in 224 cities and in all of Iran's 31 provinces have joined this nationwide movement.
Bazaars in Tehran, Isfahan, Bojnurd & other cities are also on strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Truckers continuing their general strike today.
Video shows load confiscated by protesting truckers as more drivers join this nationwide movement in #Iran.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Truckers continuing their general strike for the 6th consecutive day today.
This is the Ahvaz-Shush highway in southwest #Iran & other areas.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Isfahan, central #Iran
Truckers continuing their general strike for the 6th consecutive day today.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Sources say today's ceremony for a renowned Iranian actor turned violent after security forces attacked the demonstrators.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Video shows motorcycle units of regime security forces driving into the demonstrators as scenes become intense.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Video shows people coughing after security forces fired tear gas into a crowd commemorating a renowned Iranian actor who passed away on Friday.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Video shows security forces firing birdshots into a crowd commemorating a renowned Iranian actor who passed away on Friday.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Activists are posting these images saying a ceremony commemorating a renowned Iranian actor who passed away on Friday has turned violent as security forces attacked the peaceful march.
#IranProtests
Tehran, #Iran
Security units seen trying to create a climate of fear by riding motorcycles into a ceremony commemorating a renowned Iranian actor who passed away on Friday.
#IranProtests
#Iran's new generation is learning the art of #IranProtests, expressing their support for thousands of truckers on strike across the country.
#Iran's people expressing their support for thousands of truckers on strike across the country.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
More images of #Iran's truckers continuing their nationwide strike on 5th & 6th days.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Outside Shiraz, south central #Iran
Voice in video explains how nearly 200 trucks (without loads) arriving from Asaluyeh, southern Iran, are confronted by a series of police vehicles preventing them from entering Shiraz.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
#Iran activists say over 400 trucks are seen going from Kavar to Shiraz (both in Fars Province of south-central Iran), supporting the nationwide strike of thousands of truckers in its 6th consecutive day.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
May 27
Locals in #Kazerun, southern #Iran, are reporting the regime's security forces sending a long column of units into the Ghaemiya.
#IranProtests
Fasa, southern #Iran
Voice explains state police involved in a skirmish with truckers, in what appears to be an attempt by authorities to force the drivers end their nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Ilam, western #Iran
Activists say municipality authorities are seen using state-owned & IRGC trucks to deliver fuel to gas stations as the country's truck drivers continue their nationwide protest strike.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
#Iran's truckers are continuing their strike for the seventh consecutive day in more than 242 cities and all of the country's 31 provinces.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
#Iran
Chicken farm owners stage protest gathering outside #Iran's presidential office in Tehran (L).
Truck drivers are also continuing their nationwide strike (R).
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
#BREAKING
May 28
Reports indicate a terminal in Tehran, #Iran's capital, is now closed due to a growing strike.
Protesters are chanting:
"No fear, we're all together"
"Proud bazaar merchants, strike, strike"
"Close the shops"
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
As a terminal in Tehran closes, #Iran's authorities are using busses to deliver food stuffs to the market instead of sitting down with the protesting store-owners & truck drivers.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Kangavar, western #Iran
Drivers are reporting how authorities lied in saying the truckers' protests have come to an end.
The truck drivers, however, are continuing their nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Tabriz, NW #Iran
Truckers are expanding their measures and joining the nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
(1)
A variety of images from numerous cities across #Iran show how the truckers' nationwide strike continues for the seventh consecutive day.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
(2)
A variety of images from numerous cities across #Iran show how the truckers' nationwide strike continues for the seventh consecutive day.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Activists are reporting drivers of #Iran's Bus Union Company are calling for a nationwide strike to support their colleague truck drivers.
Farsi hashtags are:
#اعتراضات_سراسری (Nationwide protests)
#اعتصابات_سراسری (Nationwide strikes)
#IranProtests
Sanandaj, western #Iran
Truckers of the city oil company are joining the nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Shirvan, NE #Iran
Taxi drivers joining the nationwide strike.
Activists are emphasizing any & all claims by the Iranian regime of these protests & strikes coming to an end are completely #FakeNews.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
A truck driver from #Iran, on strike himself, has sent a message saying state police have orders to strip license plates off any truck remaining on strike on Tuesday.
Drivers throughout the country are warning each other.
(File Photo)
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
May 29
Mehran, #Iran-#Iraq border
Voice explains a very low number of truck drivers have shown up in this once very busy terminal. Thousands of trucks from Iraq are awaiting trucks from Iran.
Truck drivers in Iran continue their strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
May 29
Urmia, NW #Iran
Taxi drivers joining the truckers' nationwide strike.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
May 29
Qahderijan, central #Iran
Voice says truck drivers, continuing their nationwide strike, scuffled with state police.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
May 29
Tabriz, NW #Iran
Activists taking footage of truckers on strike & continuing their nationwide protests.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
May 29
Yazd, central #Iran
Activists reporting the regime dispatched anti-riot units to a load terminal to both force drivers to end their strike & prevent any protests as nationwide strike continues.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
May 29
Shiraz, south-central #Iran
Sources in the city refinery say authorities are literally begging truckers to deliver fuel with police escorts. None of the drivers are agreeing.
Nationwide strike continues.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
May 29
Nasimshahr, SW of Tehran, #Iran
Bus drivers are joining the truckers' protests.
Nationwide strike continues.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
May 30
Amol, northern #Iran
Truckers forming a column & honking their horns in protest.
Nationwide strike continues on this 9th consecutive day.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
More images of truckers continuing their protests across #Iran
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Bandar Mahshahr, SW #Iran
Loudspeakers are heard saying 6,000 different loads are available.
However, no driver is willing to deliver.
Nationwide strike continues into its 9th day.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
Following the cities of Urmia & Qaemiyeh, now taxi drivers of Sanandaj have also joined the nationwide strike.
Today marks this protests' 9th consecutive day.
#اعتصاب_سراسری
#IranProtests
"The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, representing 1.4 million transportation and supply chain workers in the United States and Canada stands in solidarity with our Iranian brothers and sisters."

If we stand firm, the world will stand with us.

#Iran
#IranProtests
More images of tens of thousands of truck drivers continuing their nationwide strike in #Iran & the impact.
If they stand firm & united, they can bring the regime to its knees.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#IranProtests
Mashhad, NE #Iran
Activists reporting truck drivers are continuing their nationwide strike into its 10th day.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
#Iran
Taxi drivers in Mazandaran Province (L) have joined the truckers' nationwide strikes.
Truck drivers in Zanjan, NW Iran (R), are continuing their ongoing protests.
#دومینوی_اعتصابات
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Bukan, NW #Iran
Taxi drivers joining the nationwide strikes.
#دومینوی_اعتصابات
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
#BREAKING
Isfahan, central #Iran
In an attempt to end the strike, authorities at a terminal promised yesterday to increase the truck drivers' wages by 35%. They refused any such raise today and truckers are reporting a scuffle with security forces.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Kavar, central #Iran
The truckers' nationwide strike expands as we speak.

The protests continue into the 10th consecutive day on Thursday.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Kermanshah, western #Iran
Taxi drivers joining the truck drivers' nationwide strike, continuing into the 10th consecutive day on Thursday.
This goes against rumours spread by the regime in social media of the strike coming to an end.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Numerous truck drivers in #Iran are receiving this message saying a variety of loads are available to be delivered to any part of the country.
The authorities are literally begging the truckers to end their nationwide strike.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Truck drivers in Isfahan (central #Iran) are seen leaving a load terminal, refusing to accept any deliveries.
The drivers are continuing their nationwide strike on this 10th consecutive day.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Truck drivers throughout #Iran are receiving this message saying a variety of loads are available for delivery to any part of the country.
Authorities are literally begging the truckers to end their nationwide strike, proving they should continue.
@Teamsters
#IranProtests
#Iran's regime is using military trucks to break the will of the drivers & their ongoing nationwide strike that has now reached nearly 300 cities across all of the country's 31 provinces.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
#Iran's bus drivers are calling for a strike starting Saturday, joining their truck driver colleagues.
#اعتصاب_اتوبوسداران
#دومینوی_اعتصابات
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Taxi rates in Tehran, the capital of #Iran, will increase 12.5% starting Saturday.
Rest assured this will spark even more #IranProtests.
#دومینوی_اعتصابات
#IranStrikes
Truck drivers in Mashhad, NE #Iran, are continuing their strike today.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Early Friday morning
Truck drivers in Kangavar, western #Iran, are continuing their nationwide strike.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
#BREAKING
Reports from Kangavar, western #Iran, indicate authorities have arrested a number of protesting drivers on charges of collaborating with foreign-based networks.

Names:
Reza Karkhaneh
Alireza Qaregazlu
Sajjad Khazaee

Be their voice.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
May 31
Karaj, west of Tehran, #Iran
Rug & carpet market on strike
#دومينوی_اعتصابات
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Village near Isfahan, central #Iran
Drivers are continuing their nationwide strike into this 11th day. This goes against all claims (fueled by the Iranian regime) of the strike coming to an end.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
Shahr-e Kord, central #Iran
Drivers continuing a nationwide strike into this 11th day.
This goes against claims of the strike ending.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
College students across #Iran will hold rallies & strikes on June 2nd & 3rd, supporting the truckers' nationwide strike movement.
The students are protesting:
- Skyrocketing tuition fees
- School relocation fees on students
- No employment hopes
#دومینوی_اعتصابات
#IranProtests
As large truck drivers continue their strike & protests, the #Iran Khodro Factory is resorting to using pickup trucks.
#IranProtests
Hamedan, western #Iran
Chicken farm owners seen rallying outside the city's governor office today and protesting their business, and those of ranchers, going bankrupt.
#دومینوی_اعتصابات
#IranProtests
Truck drivers in Piranshahr, northwest #Iran, are continuing their protests on this 12th consecutive day of an ongoing nationwide strike.
#IranProtests
Truck drivers in the Izeh-Isfahan beltway, central #Iran, are continuing their protests on this 12th consecutive day of an ongoing nationwide strike.
#IranProtests
(1)
June 2 - People from all walks of life are protesting & seeking a variety of demands from #Iran's authorities.
#IranProtests continue.
(2)
June 2 - People from all walks of life are protesting & seeking a variety of demands from #Iran's authorities.
#IranProtests continue.
June 2 - Amol, northern #Iran
Activist reports most of the bazaar merchants are on strike.
#دومینوی_اعتصابات
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
As truckers across #Iran continue their nationwide strike, unfortunately reports from the beltway of Shiraz (south-central Iran) indicate an 18-wheel fuel truck most likely capsized and was seen burning in flames.

Will keep you posted for further reports if available.
#IranProtests are expanding throughout #Iran, including truckers, taxi drivers, chicken farm owners and ...
June 3 - People from all walks of life are on strike and/or protesting, seeking a variety of just demands from #Iran's authorities.
#IranProtests continue.
#Iran activists are posting these images saying state police attacked National Steel Group employees in Ahvaz (SW Iran), aiming to provoke the protesting workers & justify their following attacks.
#IranProtests
June 3 - Chabahar, southern #Iran
Activist shows a long line of truckers on strike, adding all claims of this nationwide protest coming to an end are complete lies.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
This map shows the scope of #IranProtests on Saturday, June 2nd, spread across different cities of #Iran.
#IranStrikes
#دومینوی_اعتصابات
Despite claims otherwise, #Iran's truckers are continuing their strike.
This video is from Sunday in Alborz Province, northern Iran.
#IranStrikes
#IranProtests
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
#Iran activists are distributing this post calling for a major protest gathering by Tehran's taxi drivers scheduled for Sunday, June 10th.
10 am local time
Enghelab (Revolution) Square
#IranProtests
#BREAKING
June 7 - Karaj, west of Tehran, #Iran
A growing number of cement trucks on strike.
#IranProtests & #IranStrikes continue.
#BREAKING
Unconfirmed reports indicate truck drivers in Tehran, the capital of #Iran, have joined the truckers' nationwide strike.
Following developments for more reports.
#IranProtests & #IranStrikes continue.
#اعتصابات_کامیونداران
#BREAKING
#Iran
First video of truck drivers in Tehran's Babaie Highway joining the truckers' nationwide strike.
Following developments for more reports.
#IranProtests & #IranStrikes continue.
#اعتصابات_کامیونداران
#BREAKING
#Iran
More videos of truck drivers in Tehran's (east) Babaie Highway joining the truckers' nationwide strike.
Following developments for more reports.
#IranProtests & #IranStrikes continue.
#اعتصابات_کامیونداران
June 9 - Bandar Abbas, southern #Iran
Activists say IRGC operatives set six trucks on fire in an effort to force the truckers to end their nationwide strike.
This is further proof of #IranProtests & #IranStrikes continuing, and how the regime is bleeding.
#اعتصاب_کامیونداران
June 10 - Tehran, #Iran
Behesht Avenue
Credit firm clients holding yet another protesting rally demanding their savings returned.
#IranProtests

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