Iran Protests – June 2, 2023: On June 2, brave demonstrators in the city of Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan and Baluchestan in southeast Iran, initiated a new anti-regime rally after their Friday prayers.
The locals protested the regime’s recent increase in executions as many of their compatriots were sent to the gallows on a daily basis. The demonstrators also expressed their opposition to any reinstatement of monarchial rule and reiterated their demand to live in a democratic republic after overthrowing the mullahs’ regime.
Calling for regime change, the protesters in Zahedan chanted:
“Down with Khamenei!” referring to regime dictator Ali Khamenei.
“Down with the dictator!”
“Iranians, unity, revolution, freedom!”
“Down with the IRGC!”
“No to a monarchy! No to the [mullahs’ regime]! Democracy and equality!”
“We don’t want a state of executions!”
“Kurds, Baluchis, Azeris! Freedom and equality!”
“Political prisoners must be released!”
“From Zahedan to Tehran, my life for Iran!”
“I will kill those who killed my brother!”
“Basij and IRGC, you are our ISIS!”
The demonstrators were also seen holding a placard reading:
“Monarchy and the [mullahs’ regime] – 100 years of crimes!”
On Thursday night, people in Abadanan, western Iran, participated in a general strike to protest the murder of a local Kurdish student named Bamshad Soleimankhani by the regime’s security forces.
Authorities had initially prevented his family from holding a ceremony, causing further discontent among the protesters.
After nightfall, activists began reporting that local officials had deployed over 50 security vehicles to confront the protesting youth, who had taken control of the city’s main street. There were reports indicating that the security units resorted to opening fire on the locals, while protesters retaliated by attacking and damaging several police vehicles.
The protests spread across different districts in the city, posing significant challenges for the regime’s security forces in their attempts to suppress the rallies. Activists have reported that dozens of protesters were injured as the regime’s security forces used shot-gun pellet rounds.
Defiant youths in Kazerun, in the southern province of Fars, responded to the ruling regime of Khamenei’s regular executions of prisoners by targeting the judiciary’s Discretionary Punishments Organization. The explosions shook the surrounding neighborhoods, reminding everyone that the uprising is still going on.
