Following public protests in Dehdasht, the intelligence forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province arrested several protesting citizens on the evening of Tuesday, February 11.
The ongoing public protests in the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province coincide with the anniversary of the 1979 revolution, at a time when the government is struggling with a crisis in providing for citizens’ livelihoods. Meanwhile, government offices and educational institutions in many provinces have been closed under the pretext of “cold weather” and officials’ inability to supply energy.
According to reports on social media over the past four days, coinciding with the anniversary of the Iranian revolution, protests against the Iranian regime have been ongoing in Dehdasht. Groups of citizens have chanted slogans such as “This year is the year of blood, Seyed Ali [Khamenei] will be overthrown,” “Death to the Islamic Republic,” and “Death to the dictator.”
In some citizen-recorded video reports from the protests in Dehdasht, protesters can be seen setting fires, and the sound of gunfire can also be heard.
According to the Hengaw website on Wednesday, February 12, IRGC intelligence agents arrested five citizens and took them to an unknown location.
A Number of Arrested Protesters in Dehdasht
According to this report, four other citizens, including one woman and three men, have also been arrested, but their identities are still unknown.
Additionally, it is unclear where the detainees are being held or what charges have been brought against them.
Public protests on the anniversary of the revolution have also taken place in other parts of Iran.
For instance, citizen reports indicate that anti-regime slogans have been chanted in various areas of Tehran. In the Narmak neighborhood, a group of citizens chanted “Death to Khamenei.”
Slogans against Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the regime, were also chanted in Ekbatan residential complex.
The resurgence of protests in various parts of Iran comes as regime officials have recently warned about the decline in public trust and the erosion of the government’s social capital.
