{"id":21158,"date":"2021-02-18T09:08:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T08:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=21158"},"modified":"2021-02-18T09:08:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T08:08:16","slug":"iran-protests-in-18-cities-on-sunday-february14-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/02\/iran-protests-in-18-cities-on-sunday-february14-2021\/21158\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Protests in 18 Cities on Sunday, February14, 2021"},"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>Iran saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/uncategorized\/iran-retirees-protest-nationwide-in-at-least-22-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protests <\/a>in at least 18 cities on Sunday, February14, 2021 by people across the social and political spectrum, which just shows how restless the country is and how likely an uprising is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the protests, in places like Tehran, Arak, Khorramabad, Yazd, Isfahan, Shiraz, Ahvaz, Ilam, Karaj, and Nishapur, were held by retirees who are finding themselves in dire livelihood conditions because of the regime\u2019s polices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They chanted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cOppression is enough, our table is empty\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cAnswer the [reason of] high inflation, [President Hassan] Rouhani\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cWe will not relent until we get our rights\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cOnly on the street we will get our rights\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cPoverty line is 12 million tomans, our salary is 3 million tomans\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThe enemy is right here [the regime] lie when they claim it\u2019s America\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"\u062a\u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc \u0628\u0627\u0632\u0646\u0634\u0633\u062a\u06af\u0627\u0646 \u062a\u0623\u0645\u06cc\u0646 \u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0634\u0647\u0631\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627 \u0634\u0639\u0627\u0631 \u0638\u0644\u0645 \u0648 \u0633\u062a\u0645 \u06a9\u0627\u0641\u06cc\u0647 \u0633\u0641\u0631\u0647 \u0645\u0627 \u062e\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u0647\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wOZbTvnC838?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The last one is especially important because it is a rejection of the regime\u2019s claim that economic sanctions are the cause of the dire financial situation, when that is frankly not true. This can be proven by look at the period that Iran was not under sanctions, 2016-2018, where the financial situation for Iranians did not improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the fourth time that Iranian retirees have protested over living below the poverty line because pensions have not increased in line with currency and inflation rates. The pensioners even announced the rally in advance, but the regime weren\u2019t able to stop them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others protesting in Tehran included teachers and defrauded investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, MP Mohsen Esmaili said that the continuation of these rallies showed that people \u201chave reached the end of the road\u201d and that oppressive measures would increase the likelihood of an uprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-november-2019-uprising-and-its-amplifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November 2019 uprising<\/a>, the regime massacred at least 1,500 protesters in just a few days after hundreds of thousands of people came out into the street demanding regime change, something that grew quickly from a protest over the tripling of fuel prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-XN2b5wZ6I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past year, the regime has been able to delay an uprising through inaction over the coronavirus, which has meant that people feel less safe gathering in huge numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But even the state-run media is warning about what will happen after the pandemic has finished because poverty has increased dramatically over the past year. The media is acknowledging that people do not believe the regime\u2019s lies about who is to blame for rising poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition leader Maryam Rajavi\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/pensioners-widespread-protests-across-iran-promise-an-inevitable-uprising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Sunday: \u201cSo long as the clerical regime is in power, poverty, inflation, unemployment, and fraud will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s retirees joined by defrauded investors, educators and teachers, chanted: \u201cWe can gain our rights only by taking to the streets\u201d and \u201cOur salary is only 3 million while the poverty line is 12 million Tomans.\u201d<\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1360969089599098881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran saw protests in at least 18 cities on Sunday, February14, 2021 by people across the social and political spectrum, which just shows how restless the country is and how likely an uprising is. 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