{"id":6442,"date":"2018-08-13T18:09:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T16:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2018-08-13T18:10:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T16:10:01","slug":"anti-government-protests-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/08\/anti-government-protests-iran\/6442\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the basic cause of anti-government protests in Iran?"},"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><strong>What is the basic cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/08\/10\/iran-protests-overthrow-mullahs\/\">anti-government protests in Iran<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Call4 action! RELEASE ALL DETAINED PROTESTERS IN <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecPompeo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nikkihaley<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepEdRoyce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepEdRoyce<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepEliotEngel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepEliotEngel<\/a> @SenRubioPress <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindaFrum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LindaFrum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenTedCruz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateDeptSpox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@statedeptspox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerRyan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerRyan<\/a> @NancyPelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAnnaEshoo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepAnnaEshoo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricShawnTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EricShawnTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LisaDaftari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LisaDaftari<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FranTownsend?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FranTownsend<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Baird?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Baird<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FedericaMog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FedericaMog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dc7Ur9ao5G\">pic.twitter.com\/Dc7Ur9ao5G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peymaneh Shafi (@Peymaneh_Sh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Peymaneh_Sh\/status\/1028147045255663616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In recent days, the anti-government protests have spread to dozens of cities and towns, including the capital Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Iranians nationwide have taken to the streets in a remarkable show of anger, demanding the overthrow of the Mullahs regime.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Iran-August 2, 2018-Shapour, Isfahan, protest rally\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HoOWrzvTxqs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anti-government protests in different cities have confronted police and torn down pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and chanted \u201cDeath to dictator\u201d, \u201cCannon, tank, firecracker, the mullahs must get lost\u201d, \u201cKhamenei lives like a god, while the people live in poverty\u201d \u2014 serious acts of defiance in a theocracy that imposes strict limits on speech.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran's State Security Forces impose restrictions on the spectators of the soccer match at Azadi (Freedom) stadium in Tehran during premier league soccer match on 10 Aug; crowd unanimously chants \"Death to the Dictator!\" <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> use every opportunity to demand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UKGeMYCbN8\">pic.twitter.com\/UKGeMYCbN8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alireza Jafarzadeh (@A_Jafarzadeh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/A_Jafarzadeh\/status\/1028008512369123328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">August 10 \u2013 Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br>Azadi Stadium<br>Images of the regime's repressive security forces in the stadium brutally attacking the fans who chanted \"Death to the dictator.\"<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5dZpDt3y3T\">pic.twitter.com\/5dZpDt3y3T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1027941375013208066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many Iranians suffer from the difficulty of providing a decent living for themselves and their families, and a high percentage of the population live below the poverty line.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6449\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Capture-min-1-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"335\" 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\/2018\/08\/Capture-min-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Capture-min-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Capture-min-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This unenviable situation led them to chant slogans such as \u201cDeath to Rouhani and Death to the Dictator\u201d, \u201cWithdraw from Syria and Think About Us\u201d and \u201cNo to Lebanon or Gaza\u2026Yes to Iran,\u201d and \u201cDeath to Hezbollah\u201d, declaring their opposition to Iranian policies both internally and externally.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds have been arrested, tortured and one killed until now, according to the reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are Iranian protesting?<\/strong> <strong>And<\/strong> <strong>What Do Protesters want?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The youth are deeply angry over their prospects within the Islamic Republic and many feel they have nothing to lose. Unemployment among youth is officially 25% and job creation has been a significant challenge for the government.<\/p>\n<p>Natural resources are being used to support Iran\u2019s regional foreign policy rather than on infrastructure and other bread-and-butter issues at home.<\/p>\n<p>Inside Iran, the regime pursued a policy of oppression and discrimination. Iran has suppressed all the voices it opposes at home and assassinated many abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Such as:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranhrdc.org\/english\/publications\/reports\/3150-murder-at-mykonos-anatomy-of-a-political-assassination.html?p=2\">Professor Kazem Rajavi <\/a>\u00a0of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a former Iranian ambassador to the U.N., was shot dead in Switzerland in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Kurdish leader Abdol-Rahman Ghassemlou in\u00a0Austria<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranhrdc.org\/english\/news\/in-the-news\/3063-killers-freed-early-in-case-that-exposed-iran-s-involvement-in-international-terror.html\">Sadiq Sarafkindi, <\/a>the general-secretary of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)\u00a0\u00a0in Berlin<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/07\/17\/ali-akbar-velayati-argentina\/<\/p>\n<p>It has blocked or banned many of newspapers and websites to cut communications and put many of the activists in prisons.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian women have been deprived of the most basic rights such as attending sports in stadiums.<\/p>\n<p>They didn\u2019t enjoy the right to freely choose their clothing. They aren\u2019t free in marriage, divorce, education and employment.<\/p>\n<p>The spread of corruption, injustice and deprivation put Iranians in constant struggle so as not to die of hunger.\u00a0 At the same time, Iran has made billions of dollars in its regional wars founded on sectarianism and hatred.<\/p>\n<p>the billions of Iran\u2019s\u2019 people money are gathered scattered in the sky of Saudi Arabia in the form of hostile ballistic missiles which is available to the Houthis in Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>the Iranian-backed Houthi militia continuously launch missile attacks intercepted by the Saudi air defense systems and they witness as Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah (listed terrorist group) boast about the billions in funds, saying that as long as Iran has money, we also do; or are forced to see as well explosives or belt bombs secretly sent to destabilize the security of the Kingdom of Bahrain.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/08\/12\/iran-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-after-cold-war-era\/<\/p>\n<p>In the past, an Iranian citizen with an Iranian passport could have traveled to many countries without a travel visa. But after the 1979 revolution, the regime\u2019s policy had completely devalued the Iranian passport and placed it at the bottom of the international passport list.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What is the political cause of anti-government protests?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Anti-government protests initially focused on Iran\u2019s flagging economy but quickly transformed from economic woes to calls for the overthrow of the regime.<\/p>\n<p>The mullahs have ruled Iran for 40 past years, they have been repressed by the iron fist, the people of Iran have been deprived of their basic rights.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 40 years, the Iranian people have repeatedly protested against regime and called for the overthrow of the mullahs, but they have been violently suppressed. Therefore, one should not be surprised at why anti-government protests quickly transformed from economic woes to calls for the overthrow of regime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is leading the anti-government protests?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PMOI Network in Iran Inspires Revolting Cities<\/p>\n<p>The continuous activities of the rebellion units as the inspiring source of uprising bring hope to people but fear to the regime.<\/p>\n<p>We can realize the importance of the role played by the PMOI network and rebellion units in the country, simply by observing reactions from the regime supreme leader.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Khamenei himself has admitted repeatedly to the important role of the PMOI following the uprising last December.\u00a0 He, who is surrounded by confronting domestic, regional and international crises, finds his only hope in demonization of the Mojahedin labeling them as \u201cforeign collaborators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>this is the obvious admissions from regime supreme leader about the existence of a wide network of rebellion units and resistance councils inside Iran tasked to fulfill \u201cregime change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PMOI and the Iranian resistance aim to take advantage of each and all opportunities to build, organize, and mobilize rebellion units inside Iran. Their task is to fuel and encourage protests and strikes. 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