{"id":19705,"date":"2020-11-16T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T11:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=19705"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:10:44","slug":"what-were-the-november-2019-iran-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/11\/what-were-the-november-2019-iran-protests\/19705\/","title":{"rendered":"What were the November 2019 Iran Protests?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In November 2019, many Iranian people flooded into the streets to protests gas price hikes, which worsened their livelihood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A massive uprising swept Iran in November 2019<\/a>, lasting over a week and spreading to 200 cities across the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It began over a gas price hike. However, the protests quickly changed into a nationwide rebuke of the regime in its entirety. Given its scale and substance, that round of protests became rare in the 40-year rule of the mullahs. \u201cDeath to [Ali] Khamenei,\u201d \u201cdeath to [Hassan] Rouhani\u201d, and \u201cdeath to dictatorship,\u201d thousands of protesters chanted bravely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people attacked the regime\u2019s centers of repression, causing more than $5 billion in damages for the mullahs. Notably, the Mujahedin-e Khalq<\/a> (MEK) Resistance Units since the very beginning had targeted these centers as part of an organized campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nov 18 \u2013 Tehran University , #Iran<\/a>
Authorities have closed the campus gates to prevent students from joining protesters.
Students chanting: \"Death to the dictator!\"#IranProtests<\/a> #\u062a\u0638\u0627\u0647\u0631\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u0649<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/nHrLyNIbQt<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Iran Freedom (@4FreedominIran) November 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>