{"id":24279,"date":"2021-07-28T20:24:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T18:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=24279"},"modified":"2021-07-28T20:24:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T18:24:59","slug":"crackdown-on-iran-water-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/07\/crackdown-on-iran-water-protests\/24279\/","title":{"rendered":"Crackdown on Iran Water Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New protests over water shortages began in Khuzestan <\/a>two weeks ago on July 15, 2021, but, as is common with protests in Iran, it quickly became about regime change with people chanting slogans like \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d, which has become common in anti-regime protests over the past four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian regime has responded to this by opening fire on the protesters, killing at least 12. The names of these 12 martyrs have been published<\/a> by the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), but as the protests (and oppression by the regime) have increased, the state-run media have been warning that the repression will only increase the people\u2019s hatred of the mullahs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n