Iran, May 20, 2023: On Saturday, May 20, Iran’s regime continued its brutal surge in executions across the country. The mullahs’ regime has sent at least 122 inmates to the gallows since April 21, tallying one execution every six hours during this period.
In response to the recent execution of three arrested protesters, brave youth in Isfahan, central Iran, attacked a base of the regime’s IRGC paramilitary Basij early Saturday morning. There have been other operations and activities by the defiant youth, as well as the Resistance Units, a network affiliated with Iran’s principal opposition, Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). These measures include:
- Brave youths attacked at least two bases of the IRGC paramilitary Basij in Isfahan and another in Tehran
- Brave youths attacked a religious site in Ardabil that is used by the regime to promote the mullahs’ ideology of hatred, misogyny, and fundamentalism
- MEK Resistance Units in Kerman torched a large poster of Khamenei, regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, and former IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani
On Friday night, protesters in Tehran torched a large poster of the regime’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
Authorities in Qezel Hesar Prison of Karaj, located west of the capital Tehran, executed three inmates early Saturday morning. The families of these inmates had rallied outside of Qezel Hesar Prison on Friday and called on the Iranian people to join their gathering in an effort to save the lives of their loved ones.
Tehran University students gathered on Saturday to protest the recently strict rules and regulations imposed by campus officials and security. Also in Tehran, Tarbiat Modares University students held a gathering on May 20, protesting Friday’s execution of three protesters in Isfahan.
National University students in Tehran also held a rally protesting the execution of three protesters in Isfahan, while also voicing solidarity with the victims’ families. Campus security and the regime’s oppressive forces attacked the protesting students in response.
Zanjan University students in northwest Iran were protesting new strict campus rules and regulations on Saturday, while also voicing solidarity with the families of execution victims in Isfahan.
Locals in the capital’s Sattarkhan and Ekbatan districts launched anti-regime rallies on Friday afternoon and evening, chanting, “Down with Khamenei, the murderer!”
Similar protests were reported in Tehran’s Ekbatan, Naziabad, and Sadeghiyeh districts and Takhti Avenue. Activists also reported similar protests in other cities, including Karaj, Mashhad, Mahabad, Dehgolan, Golshahr, Bandar Abbas , and Podol in Hormozgan Province.
