{"id":30254,"date":"2021-12-09T09:44:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T08:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=30254"},"modified":"2024-07-01T11:30:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T09:30:51","slug":"despite-global-awareness-irans-regime-continues-crackdown-on-2019-uprising-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/12\/despite-global-awareness-irans-regime-continues-crackdown-on-2019-uprising-protesters\/30254\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Global Awareness, Iran’s Regime Continues Crackdown on 2019 Uprising Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Intense crackdown on protesters during nationwide 2019 uprising\u2014file photo<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, the United States Treasury Department announced <\/a>that new sanctions had been placed against a dozen Iranian officials in regard to human rights abuses that took place during protests in Iran in 2009, and the nationwide uprising in November 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2019 uprising came less than two years after a similar bout of protests that sparked calls for regime change in Iran, and due to the intensity of the demonstrations that spread across the country and threatened to destroy the Iranian regime, regime officials panicked and launched a brutal attack to quell the unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) said<\/a>, \u201cSecurity forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps opened fire on crowds of protesters almost immediately, and the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>) later reported that the death toll from that crackdown exceeded 1,500 in a matter of only days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with the numbers of those who had been killed during the attack, a further 7,000 people were arrested, as stated by government officials. However, the NCRI <\/a>estimated that the true figures are twice that amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the 2019 uprising<\/a>, Ebrahim Raisi <\/a>was the head of the Iranian judiciary who oversaw the brutal crackdown of protests. He later went on to be selected as the next president of the regime and was inaugurated into the position in August of this year. His presidential campaign sparked uproar within the Iranian activist community due to his involvement in both the 2019 uprising, and the massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners during the summer of 1988<\/a>, an appalling crime against humanity that experts have since classified as an act of genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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