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Iranian Cities Hit by More Protests Over Economic WoesRFE
https://www.rferl.org/A screen grab from an amateur video that appears to show protests in Shiraz on August 2 as unrest spreads across Iran amid a deepening economic crisis in the country.One demonstrator was reportedly fatally shot in northern Iran as hundreds of people returned to the streets of several Iranian cities on August 3 for a fourth consecutive day of protests amid growing anxiety over the country's economic difficulties and the return of U.S. sanctions.
Iran's Fars News agency reported on August 4 that a man was killed during a protest in Karaj, about 50 kilometers west of Tehran, when someone fired a gun from a passing car.
The agency also reported that about 20 protesters in Karaj were detained by security forces.
An amateur video sent to RFE/RL, which could not be verified, appeared to show police confronting demonstrators in the city of Karaj.
Iranian media reported that demonstrators attacked a Shi'ite seminary west of the capital, Tehran, on August 3 as protests against economic woes turned into antigovernment rallies.
Iranians are angered by high inflation and increasing economic hardship caused in part by the dramatic decline of the national currency, the rial.
In the town of Eshtehard, 100 kilometers west of Tehran, riot police dispersed several hundred people who chanted slogans against the government late on August 3, with some throwing rocks and bricks at a Shi'ite Muslim seminary, the semiofficial Fars news agency said on August 4.
In Washington, the U.S. State Department said on its Persian-language Twitter account on August 3: "While it is ultimately up to the people of Iran to determine their country's path, America supports the voice of the Iranian people, which has been ignored for a long time."
'Death to Khamenei'Amateur videos sent to RFE/RL appeared to show dozens of protesters in the capital Tehran, with some chanting "Death to Khamenei," in a reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Other demonstrators could be heard chanting, "Iranians, shout your demands."
There were reports of a heavy police presence in the center of Tehran and in its northern neighborhoods.
Another amateur video sent to RFE/RL appeared to show police confronting demonstrators in the city of Karaj.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or arrests in Tehran or Karaj.
Protesters have also staged demonstrators in the cities of Mashhad, Isfahan, and Shiraz.
The protests have come as Iranians brace for the return of U.S. sanctions following President Donald Trump's decision in May to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
Under the deal, Iran received sanctions relief in return for limits to its nuclear program.
On August 7, Washington will reimpose sanctions on Iran's purchase of U.S. dollars, its trade in gold and precious metals, and its dealings with metals, coal, and industrial-related software.
Sanctions will also be reapplied to U.S. imports of Iranian carpets and foodstuffs as well as on certain related financial transactions.
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Reports: Protests Continue Across Iran; Seminary AttackedReuters
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https://www.reuters.com/In this picture taken by a citizen journalist, Iranian security forces dressed in black confront anti-government protesters in Iran’s third-largest city, Isfahan, during demonstrations that began July 31, 2018, and continued Aug. 1, 2018.Sporadic protests were taking place in cities in Iran for a fourth day, with demonstrators attacking a Shiite seminary west of Tehran, according to Iranian news agencies and social media Saturday, as Iranians brace for a return of U.S. sanctions.
Hundreds have rallied in cities across the country, including Tehran, Isfahan and Karaj, according to videos posted on social media, to protest against high inflation caused in part by a plunging rial over fears of the reimposition of crippling sanctions Aug. 7.
US SanctionsIn May, the United States pulled out of a 2015 deal between world powers and Tehran under which international sanctions on Iran were lifted in return for curbs on its nuclear program.
Washington decided to reimpose sanctions on Iran upon its withdrawal, accusing it of posing a security threat, and has told countries they must halt all imports of Iranian oil from Nov. 4 or face U.S. financial measures.
The protests have often begun with slogans against the high cost of living and alleged financial corruption but quickly turned into anti-government rallies.
Riot PoliceIn the town of Eshtehard, 100 km (63 miles) west of Tehran, riot police intervened late Friday to disperse about 500 people who chanted slogans against the government, with some throwing rocks and bricks at a Shiite Muslim seminary, the semi-official news agency Fars said Saturday.
In Tehran, street demonstrators chanted "Death to the dictator," according to a social media video, which could not be independently verified.
In Washington, the U.S. State Department said on its Persian-language Twitter account: "While it is ultimately up to the #people_of_Iran to determine their country’s path, #America supports the voice of the Iranian people, which has been ignored for a long time."
On Aug. 7, Washington will reimpose sanctions on Iran’s purchase of U.S. dollars, its trade in gold and precious metals and its dealings with metals, coal and industrial-related software.
Sanctions will also be reapplied to U.S. imports of Iranian carpets and foodstuffs and on certain related financial transactions.
Iran’s oil exports could fall by as much as two-thirds by the end of the year because of the U.S. sanctions, putting oil markets under huge strain amid supply outages elsewhere in the world.
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In Iran Protests, Women Stand Up, Lift Their Hijab, For Their RightsNPR
https://www.npr.org/Vida Movahed stands on a telecommunications box, holding a headscarf on a stick in protest against Iran's mandatory hijab rules, in Tehran in December. Since then, Iranians have staged various protests for women's rights.Tension is rising between Iran and the United States these days. But Iran's leaders are facing pressure from various sides at home, too.
Ordinary Iranians are mounting protests that refuse to go away, despite a sharp response from the authorities.
The demonstrations began to make news late last year, focusing largely on economic hardship. As those protests continued in cities around the country, another movement re-emerged: young women standing up against the enforcement of conservative Muslim strictures on their dress and behavior.
Similar protests have gone on for years, sometimes unnoticed outside Iran.
Atefeh Ahmadi, a 29-year-old freelance translator from Tehran, says she was intrigued when she started seeing the resurgence of images and videos of women standing on electrical boxes in public squares and removing their headscarves.
"I saw the videos and I thought to myself, this could do some good if it's an ongoing thing," she tells NPR. So one day, she tried it herself, and the video and photographs of her went viral on social media.
Then on March 8 — International Women's Day — she tried a new kind of protest.
"Me and two of my friends went to the subway," she says. "We sat in the women-only car and sang a well-known feminist song. We also handed out pamphlets promoting women's rights."
In the song's chorus, the trio repeated the words: "I am a woman."
Ahmadi says they were almost arrested that day but managed to escape.
The protest drew attention and, after she was publicly identified in a documentary as one of the participants, she chose to leave Iran for Turkey later in March.
Meanwhile, the protests continued and spread beyond the headscarf. Women posted videos and images of themselves singing and dancing, which is prohibited under Iran's strict version of Islam.
A Facebook page called "My Stealthy Freedom," started in 2014 by New York-based Iranian activist Masih Alinejad, features photos and videos of women defying Iran's headscarf law.
Facebook and Twitter are banned in the Islamic Republic, but many Iranians access the social media sites through private online networks that mask users' locations, ducking the censors. Other popular platforms like Instagram have also been blocked temporarily from time to time — "to keep the peace," according to authorities.
Offline, the government has responded to the protests by cracking down, including a series of sweeping arrests on university campuses that was documented recently by Human Rights Watch.
The demonstrations have gained international attention, including among senior Trump administration officials. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has spoken out and the State Department has tweeted — in Iran's Farsi language — in support of Iranian women's rights.
Dress code by lawAhmadi says she supports all the various protests. But for her, it's taking on — or taking off — the mandatory hijab, a headscarf and other modest garments, that's important.
Atefeh Ahmadi, a 29-year-old freelance translator from Tehran, lets her hair show in Turkey. She fled Iran after staging protests for Iranian women's rights."Some may want to focus on other hardships," Ahmadi says. "The demands may seem diverse, but I think the ultimate point is to end the rules on hijab."
Under Iran's strict interpretation of Islam that's melded with government since 1979, women and girls over the age of 9 are required to cover their heads and everything but the face and hands. Offenders face fines or jail time.
During a period last century, Iran and various other Middle Eastern countries had banned the hijab. Nowadays, many places have a strict dress code for women. But Iran is one of the only countries where the penal code mandates it.
Ahmadi says although the women's protests are less visible in the media these days, people are still defying the law to keep the issue alive.
"There was no specific positive reaction from the government, in terms of making a positive change in laws against women," she says. "There was only a series of arrests and prosecutions."
In late 2017, police said they would stop arresting people for dress code violations. But harassment of women by the "morality police" continued.
Ahmadi says public awareness of the issue has grown, however. Some of the arrested women were forced to make televised confessions, which Ahmadi says only incensed the public more, and generated more debate around the issue.
Despite the generally hard line taken by the authorities, Ahmadi believes the protests have gained momentum, and won't stop until the government addresses the fundamental problem.
"Because it seems that the state has a problem with women's bodies," she says. "Everywhere that a woman's body is involved, there will be a reaction from the state. And that will spark more protests."
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Thousands protest for a fourth consecutive day in Iran on eve of US sanctionsIndependent
https://www.independent.co.uk/usIranians angry with the regime take to the streets fearing further economic woes when American sanctions kick in on Monday
Thousands of people have rallied for a fourth day in Iran against soaring unemployment and a dramatic drop in the currency, as the country braces for the return of crippling US sanctions next week.
Police reportedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds in a bid to quell the unrest which first unfurled on Monday but have spread across at least 10 towns and cities.
The Iranian Rial has lost nearly two thirds of its value in the last six months alone. Many fear it will only plunge further after renewed American sanctions kick in on Monday, sparking the protests and a run on gold and hard currency.
Footage posted online showed hundreds of furious people gathering in Isfahan, Iran's third city, with some burning tires to counter tear gas and setting fire to police vehicles. State news agencies also reported "scattered protests” in the southern cities of Shiraz and Ahvaz, to the north in Mashhad and Sari and in Karaj, west of Tehran. Rallies were also recorded in Arak and Shahin-Shahr.
“It was unexpected and seemed to start on social media, there was not much planning. It shows a sudden outburst of anger,” said Saeed Ghasseminejad, an Iran specialist at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies.
He said the unrest posed a major threat to the regime which was struggling to appease the people.
“It is not as widespread as protests in December but has united the lower and middle-income classes. Both small towns and major cities have joined. As the sanctions intensify you will have the upper-middle classes joining too,” he added.
This week’s protests are among the largest to hit Iran since a wave of unrest erupted across more than 80 cities in December and January also over the country’s economic woes. At least 25 people were killed during that time and thousands were arrested.
Protests and strikes re-ignited in June when the Rial took a major hit after President Trump walked out of a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and ordered his administration to reimpose “maximum“ sanctions by 6 August. Trump administration officials at the time warned they were pushing US allies to cut oil imports from Iran to zero by November.
Iran’s oil sales could drop from 2.4 million barrels per day to as low as 700,000 by the end of the year, according to Facts Global Energy analysis firm.
On Friday Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister said China, which heavily relies on Iranian crude, was working to try to restart the nuclear agreement. He said China was "pivotal" to salvaging the pact.
But amid the increasing pressure on the economy, last week the Rial hit a record low on the black-market with the Iranian currency trading at a rate of around 120,000 to the dollar.
Ghasseminejad said with fresh sanctions it would likely sink to as low as 200,000 to the dollar meaning further unrest was certain and would likely turn political.
Protesters have already begun chanting against the country’s religious and political leadership as well as against Iran’s costly interventions in conflicts in Yemen, Syria and the Palestinian Territories.
In videos purportedly taken in the town of Gohardasht, a suburb of Karaj, dozens of demonstrators can be seen in the streets chanting “death to the dictator” against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei.
In other videos reportedly shot in Tehran, the capital, people were filmed shouting “Get lost you Mullahs”. Some even called for the return of Iran’s king, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was deposed in the Islamic revolution of 1979.
Maryam Rajavi, head of the controversial opposition group the National Council of Resistance, claimed on Friday that police had used tear gas, rubber bullets, and blank cartridges in an attempt to quell "an uprising".
In a statement shared with The Independent the exiled leader said that a number of protesters had also been wounded but gave no further details.
"People are worried that if they don't buy things today, they won't be available tomorrow," said Ali, a vendor at Tehran’s historic Grand Bazaar, which staged rare strikes two months ago.
Ali added that wholesalers were hoarding new stock while they waited to see how the crisis unfolded.
Holly Dagres, a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council, said the crisis and the protests were only going to continue.
"All of the protests are significant as it is showing growing discontent of the Iranian people... and they are only going to keep going on and off as these sanctions pile on. It shows people are fed up with rampant corruption," she said.
"[The government] is trying to put a band aid on the problem but there are also water shortages, power outages, the rial losing its worth, people are disenchanted with the government in general," she added.
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