Protests continued across Iran on Thursday, May 18, following a busy day of protests by people in Isfahan and other cities as they sought to prevent authorities from executing three inmates in Isfahan.

Authorities in Isfahan had closed off roads leading to the city’s Dastgerd Prison on Wednesday night to prevent people from rallying outside the facility. Heavy traffic was reported in the area, and some people were gathering near the prison after being able to reach the prison’s vicinity on foot.

Locals in the city of Junaqan in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province of southwest Iran held a ceremony on Thursday to mark the memory of Jamshid Mokhtari, killed by the mullahs’ regime during nationwide protests.

A similar ceremony was held in the city of Bandar Anzali in northern Iran as locals are marking the memory and birthday of Mehran Sammak, a young man killed by the mullahs’ regime.

Locals in Isfahan and different districts of Tehran, including Ekbatan, Chitgar, and Shahrak-e Bagheri, were chanting anti-regime slogans on Wednesday night, including:

“Down with Khamenei, the murderer!”
“Down with the republic of executions!”
“Down with the dictator!”
“Down with the IRGC and Basij!”
“Down with the murderous regime!”

Protesters in Sanandaj established roadblocks and attacked a branch of the regime’s Bank Tejarat late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning to voice their protests against the regime’s intention to execute the three inmates in Isfahan.

Bakery owners in Ardabil, northwest Iran, held a rally on Thursday, protesting the officials’ decision to decrease their flour rations.