{"id":43716,"date":"2023-03-15T08:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T07:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=43716"},"modified":"2023-03-16T08:06:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T07:06:36","slug":"iran-iranian-people-turned-fire-festivities-into-anti-regime-protests-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/iran-protests\/2023\/03\/iran-iranian-people-turned-fire-festivities-into-anti-regime-protests-across-the-country\/43716\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Iranian People Turned Fire Festivities Into Anti-Regime Protests Across the Country"},"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><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Day-180-Fire-Festivities.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: Iranian People Turned Fire Festivities Into Anti-Regime Protests Across the Country\" class=\"wp-image-43728\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Day-180-Fire-Festivities.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Day-180-Fire-Festivities-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Day-180-Fire-Festivities-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 14, 2023:<\/strong> Iran\u2019s nationwide uprising marked its <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/live-report-irans-revolution-enters-7th-month-as-night-rallies-erupt-in-different-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">180th <\/a>day and entered its seventh month of <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/iran-protests-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continuous anti-regime protests<\/a> by the public demanding freedom and democracy. As people celebrated the annual \u201cFire Festivities\u201d prior to Nowruz, the Iranian calendar New Year, in various parts of Tehran and other cities throughout the country, anti-regime protests erupted.<\/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\u2019s people mark Fire Festival with anti regime protests | March 14, 2023\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aPFQTFd_HNU?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<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=\"Fire Festival turns into anti-regime rally in Tehran\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qToqEeQkYYc?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<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=\"Protesters in Sanandaj: &quot;Death to the oppressor, be it Shah or Khamenei!&quot;\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hjsGxFQj7fw?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>These protests were reported in many cities, including Tehran, Tabriz, Karaj, Isfahan, Zahedan, Baneh, Qom, Divandarreh, Mahabad, Sanandaj, Zanjan, Piranshahr, Saqqez, Rasht, Javanrud, Naqadeh, Kermanshah, Kamyaran, Shahre Rey, Abdanan, Izeh, Khalilshahr, Fardis, Bukan, Urmia, Taft, Takestan, Sarpole Zahab, Gorgan, and Ahvaz.<\/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: Anti-regime protests in Ahvaz on Fire Festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UVFIieDgS3k?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>According to reports, protesters attacked the local governor\u2019s offices in Divandarreh and Javanrud in western Iran. Activists also reported that regime security forces attacked protesters in Sanandaj and Saqqez, also located in western Iran. <\/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: Anti-regime protests in Javanrud on Fire Festival\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08yGgnaG1d4?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>In the town of Murmuri in Ilam Province, western Iran, protesters took control of their streets, and sporadic clashes between locals and regime security forces were reported.<\/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\">March 14 \u2013 Murmuri, Ilam Province, western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <br>Protesters are taking control of their streets and activists are reporting sporadic clashes between locals and regime security forces.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7ZqpEVYeUb\">pic.twitter.com\/7ZqpEVYeUb<\/a><\/p>\u2014 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1635737563200909312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Zanjan, northwest Iran, protesters burned a monument erected by the regime in memory of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRGC Quds Force<\/a> chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qassem Soleimani<\/a>. <\/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: Protesters torch poster of Qasem Soleimani in Zanjan\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFUTWGvr2Co?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>In Karaj, protesters attacked a store owned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/look-irans-revolutionary-guards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRGC<\/a>, further demonstrating the Iranian public\u2019s hatred of the regime and its oppressive security apparatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in the cities of Mahabad, Saqqez, and throughout Tehran Province were observed deploying security units into the streets and calling for reinforcements to prevent the anti-regime protests from escalating into major unrest.<\/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=\"Anti-regime protests in Mahabad during Fire Festival celebrations\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/euBKNqRh8vM?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><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, March 14, 2023: Iran&#8217;s nationwide uprising marked its 180th day and entered its seventh month of continuous anti-regime protests by the public demanding freedom and democracy. 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