{"id":28793,"date":"2021-11-15T07:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T06:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=28793"},"modified":"2021-11-15T07:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T06:28:34","slug":"calls-for-action-from-the-west-on-the-second-anniversary-of-irans-november-2019-uprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/11\/calls-for-action-from-the-west-on-the-second-anniversary-of-irans-november-2019-uprising\/28793\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for Action From the West on the Second Anniversary of Iran\u2019s November 2019 Uprising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Iran Protests- November 2019 \u2014 file photo<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was two years ago this month that major protests<\/a> erupted across Iran. Iranians from nearly 200 cities and towns took to the streets as part of a nationwide uprising that began in response to the sudden hike in fuel prices, before focusing on calls for regime change as citizens showed their rejection of the Iranian regime and their policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The uprising shook the regime to its core, and out of fear of losing power, top officials ordered security forces to crackdown on the protests at any cost. Around the country, the security forces opened fire on the crowds, killing 1,500 people <\/a>over the course of a few days. 12,000 others were arrested and detained, with many later being subjected to brutal torture over a period of several months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI) said<\/a>, \u201cThe head of the judiciary at the time, and thus the ultimate overseer of all that torture, was Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, a clerical judge who had served the regime by justifying a wide range of human rights abuses since shortly after the 1979 revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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