{"id":13689,"date":"2019-11-16T16:45:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T15:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=13689"},"modified":"2019-11-16T16:45:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T15:45:19","slug":"gasoline-prices-in-iran-led-to-wide-spared-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/reports\/2019\/11\/gasoline-prices-in-iran-led-to-wide-spared-demonstration\/13689\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasoline prices in Iran led to wide spared demonstration"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><p><strong>Gasoline\nprices in Iran led to wide spared demonstration<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">While the Iranian people are in poverty and the economic\nsituation is at its worst, the mullahs have put new pressure on the people by\nincreasing the price of\u00a0fuel three-fold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Iran\u2019s oil exports have almost stopped under U.S.\nsanctions, the government has decided to extort money from Iranian people to\nfund terrorist groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and militia groups in Iraq\nand Yemen and to help Bashar al-Assad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 15, 2019; the outraged people in Iran flooded in the streets and launched <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"widespread protests against raising gasoline (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/26884-a-protester-killed-many-wounded-as-suppressive-forces-open-fire-in-sirjan\" target=\"_blank\">widespread protests against raising gasoline<\/a> prices. They addressed Khamenei and <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/09\/24\/hassan-rouhani-crimes-iran-mek-1988massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rouhani (opens in a new tab)\">Rouhani<\/a>, chanting the slogan, \u201cDictator, Shame on You, let go of the country!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regime\u2019s decision, to reduce rationing and increase the price\nof fuel by 300% triggered a series of angry protests mainly in the cities of oil-rich\nKhuzestan, southwest Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youths in Ahvaz, southwest of Iran, protested late into the\nnight against rising gasoline prices. They reject the intervention of the\nregime in the countries of the region, chanting: \u201cLet go of Syria, think\nabout us!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1195460075491676161\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Road closure in protest of high gasoline prices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The youth explains, \u201cToday, the people of Bandar Rig [a\nport in southwest Iran] have blocked the main way of this port in protest of\nthe rising gasoline prices and prevented loaded trucks from crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1195622074791997441\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The outraged people in Bushehr, south-central Iran, launched\na strike against rising gasoline prices in front of the buildings of provincial\nauthorities by stopping their cars. They announced that they will continue\ntheir strike to achieve their demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1195619235634012161\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gachsaran?src=hash\">Gachsaran<\/a>,\nthe people launched a strike against rising gasoline price. The brave youths in\nGachsaren staged a massive strike in protest to rising gasoline prices and\nblocked the streets by turning off and abandoning their cars in the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1195620301293441024\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Protests against the unexpected hike in price of fuel in\nIran has spread to the second-largest city, Mashhad, northwest of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youths in the city of Mashhad blocked the streets in protest\nto rising gasoline prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1195617146727993344\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday morning, the people of Shiraz went on strike to\nprotest the rise in gasoline prices and blocked the streets of the city by\ntheir cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1195617943461203975\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Isfahan?src=hash\">In Isfahan<\/a>,\nKharrazi highway, people set up a massive strike in protest of high gasoline\nprices by turning off their cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1195622670731239424\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Birjand?src=hash\">Birjand<\/a> city, northeast <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash\">Iran<\/a>, protested against rising\ngas price by the regime and demanded other fellow-citizens to support them.\nThey chant the slogan, \u201cOur brave fellow-citizens, support us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1195460075491676161\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Behbahan?src=hash\">In Behbahan<\/a>,\nsouthwest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash\">Iran<\/a>,\nthe youths rallied in the main square of the city and chanted the slogan,\n\u201cWe will get our rights and we will not accept abasement\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1195433655092559877\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tehran?src=hash\">In Tehran<\/a>\nin Imam Ali highway, people blocked Imam Ali highway by switching off the cars\nin protest of rising gasoline prices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Higher fuel prices will lead to more popular dissatisfaction\nIt will also lead to more inflation, making life harder for ordinary people\nalready squeezed by a 40 percent inflation rate.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gasoline prices in Iran led to wide spared demonstration While the Iranian people are in poverty and the economic situation is at its worst, the mullahs have put new pressure on the people by increasing the price of\u00a0fuel three-fold. 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