{"id":9010,"date":"2019-01-05T19:02:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T18:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=9010"},"modified":"2019-01-08T22:29:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T21:29:42","slug":"student-protests-mek-ncri-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2019\/01\/student-protests-mek-ncri-iran\/9010\/","title":{"rendered":"The mullahs\u2019 nightmare: Student protests; the continuation of 2018 uprising\ufeff"},"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-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The mullahs\u2019 nightmare Student protests the continuation of 2018 uprising\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I65bsgQUg1Q?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><strong>The mullahs\u2019 nightmare: Student protests; the continuation\nof 2018 uprising<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the anniversary of the anti-government protests which started in Dec. 2017, student protests in Tehran shocked the oppressive regime of the Islamic Republic, which has seen not a day without protest during the last year. Last week, the nicknamed \u201cDeath Bus\u201d accident in Tehran killed 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-protests\/25694-iran-demonstration-and-protest-of-azad-university-students-for-the-second-consecutive-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"students of Tehran\u2019s Islamic Azad University (opens in a new tab)\">students of Tehran\u2019s Islamic Azad University<\/a>, Science &amp; Research department. Under the Iranian regime, death is tangled with the everyday life of this nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstration-and-Protest-of-Azad-University-Students-for-the-Second-Consecutive-Day-2-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9012\" 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\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstration-and-Protest-of-Azad-University-Students-for-the-Second-Consecutive-Day-2-min.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstration-and-Protest-of-Azad-University-Students-for-the-Second-Consecutive-Day-2-min-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstration-and-Protest-of-Azad-University-Students-for-the-Second-Consecutive-Day-2-min-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption> <br>Demonstration and Protest of Azad University Students for the Second Consecutive Day <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the student protests\nagainst campus bus crash, the students at the University of Tehran also held a\nprotest which extensively enjoyed the support of people in joining them.\nProtestors at Tehran University chanted: \u201cWe turn our backs to the\nenemy, and our faces to the motherland,\u201d \u201cHave no fear, we\u2019re all together,\u201d\n\u201cIncompetent person in charge, resign, resign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Iran: Tehran Science and Research University students holding massive protest gathering\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_XLNU6jHNQM?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>Student protests took place despite\nthe fact that Hossein Ashtari, the chief commander of regime\u2019s SSF (Suppressive\nSecurity Forces), has said: \u201cAny gathering needs to obtain a permit from\nthe Ministry of Interior.\u201d But the Islamic Republic has never permitted\nany protest gathering in its history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Why the student protests is the continuation of 2018 uprising?<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstration-and-Protest-of-Azad-University-Students-for-the-Second-Consecutive-Day-4-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9013\" 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\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstration-and-Protest-of-Azad-University-Students-for-the-Second-Consecutive-Day-4-min.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstration-and-Protest-of-Azad-University-Students-for-the-Second-Consecutive-Day-4-min-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Iran-Demonstration-and-Protest-of-Azad-University-Students-for-the-Second-Consecutive-Day-4-min-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption> <br>On Sunday, December 30th, students from Tehran\u2019s Azad University of Science and Research protested for the second consecutive day in protest of the loss of their 10 classmates during a bus accident.\u00a0 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Khomeini took power in Iran, this country has faced many uprisings, insurgencies and revolts,\nbut the Iran uprising of December 2017 was the greatest challenge that Iran\u2019s\ntheocracy has ever faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ire directed at the Supreme\nLeader Ali Khamenei and the mullahs regime as a whole, has been astonishing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Student protests and the strike and\nprotests of truckers, educators, workers, marketers, retirees, and farmers have\nproved that the Iran uprising will continue, and definitely, by\nweakening of the regime\u2019s system and the collapse of its economy, we will be\nwitnessing a surge in protests and strikes in 2019 taking the uprising to a new\npeak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1080132873439584256\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But even if the uprising ends today, one\nstep has been taken forward in the struggle to achieve a democratic and popular\ngovernment. A line has been crossed. There\u2019s no going back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wall of fear has collapsed: Not only\nIran\u2019s theocracy has lost its legitimacy, but it has also lost its control over\npeople despite its violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Will 2019 carry a message of revolution for Iran?<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters of all strata have\ntaken into the streets of Iran, making it clear that the theocratic regime of\nIran has no future. All dictatorships will be overthrown because they have no\npopular support. Therefore, the question is not whether a regime change will\nhappen. The question is when it will happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regime has already collapsed\nin its content and it will soon collapse in its entirety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khamenei and Rouhani may blame foreign enemies for the rebellion, but their enemies are the hungry and oppressed people of Iran and their <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"organized resistance with its core, the PMOI\/MEK (opens in a new tab)\">organized resistance with its core, the PMOI\/MEK<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have repeatedly acknowledged\nthat the PMOI\/MEK plays a key role in the organized anti-regime protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a few days after the uprising\nbegan last year, the regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani, without mentioning any\nname, called on France to limit the activities of its opposition, the National\nCouncil of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) with the leadership of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, January 9, 2018, the\nregime\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech in Qom that\nthe MEK was responsible for \u201cleading\u201d the uprisings. Khamenei said\nthat the MEK \u201chas been ready for months \u2026 They have organized since\nseveral months ago, and met various people; to select some people inside the\ncountry, find them and help them, so they would come and call [for uprising].\n\u2026 They managed to attract some people with this slogan (No to starvation) and\nthen, they would come to the scene and pursue their goals, making the people\nfollow them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PMOI has turned the Iranian cities into a real battlefield between the mullahs and their arch-enemy by its<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/09\/28\/resistance-units-mek-massoud-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" resistance units (opens in a new tab)\"> resistance units<\/a>. Resistance units have awakened the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-iran-freedom\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/09\/28\/resistance-units-mek-massoud-rajavi\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the voices of the oppressed\nand the hungry people, who have been under the oppression of the mullahs for\nforty years are being heard from all over Iran. So the regime\u2019s overthrow is a\ndecisive fact and there is no escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance (opens in a new tab)\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance<\/a>, speaks of such a day and the end of Velayat-e faqih in Iran:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur response to the clerical regime\u2019s Supreme Leader is that divine verdict will certainly be carried out and that verdict is the overthrow of the velayat-e faqih regime. You can count on it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-iran-freedom\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P999oyuL64\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cMaryam Rajavi\u201d \u2014 Iran Freedom\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/embed\/#?secret=cdjCPZvPyL#?secret=P999oyuL64\" data-secret=\"P999oyuL64\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mullahs\u2019 nightmare: Student protests; the continuation of 2018 uprising On the anniversary of the anti-government protests which started in Dec. 2017, student protests in Tehran shocked the oppressive regime of the Islamic Republic, which has seen not a day without protest during the last year. 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