Iran revolution 2.0 updates

[Zahra]

*** don't read if you think it might Overwhelm you right now. I'm being self destructive in doing this. You don't need to come down the rabbit hole with me

 

sorry I haven't been very active here, I've been following the news day in, day out. it's a bit hard to get back to normal.

My VPNs stopped working one by one which was very frustrating but Iranians always have a few tricks up their sleeves ;)
my friends sent me Telegram proxies that worked during the shut down and then an app circulated around called HTTP Injector that worked with custom config files. some VPN companies also freed up their servers to make it easier for Iranians to connect to the internet.

anyway, here are some more updates from the past few days in no specific order. A lot happened in one week and while most of it is not good news, the very fact that people are still coming out everyday is a win. People are resisting. It shows that they're not afraid anymore. (Not my family though )

 

I'm gonna skip on the politics and statements and sanctions. They're good news. It shows that countries are changing their stance against the Islamic republic. But I think they get enough coverage

 

1. Hossein Ronaghi

We knew he was in prison since the uprising began, this video came out recently of him being kidnapped right in front of the court. Apparently he went there to escape mercenaries trying to kill him. To get some protection under the law. But they didn't even let him do that. 
 

2. Warning: death

a 35 year old mom in her car was shot down when she was filming

 

3. Gathering of thousands of Iranians in Berlin

There's gonna be another wordwide gathering on saturday

See this website for more information 

https://rally.ps752justice.com/rally/oct29

4. University students trying to sit together in the same cafeteria. Such a simple thing scares the islamic republic
 

my friend and others at my previous university (which is an all girls university, very conservative) gathered on campus yesterday, but security forces attacked them and closed the doors. Not allowing them to leave. It's the same tactic they used in Sharif. My friend made it home safe, I don't think anyone was caught but some were beaten pretty badly. 

This is before the police arrived

5. People of Mahabad took over the whole city today, anti riot forces ran away. But it's not all good news, they will come back and crack down hard if surrounding cities don't rise up as well. (And we can't ignore plain clothes who are still in the city) The internet is completely shut down.
 

 

6. The 40th day of Mahsa or Zhina's death:

The 40th day is the end of the mourning period. People got ready to drive to Zhina's grave and come to the streets wherever they are. Security forces blocked the roads and tried to pressure her family to cancel the event, but that didn't stop people

 

 

7. Nika shakarami's 40th day after death
 

 

8. Reza pahlavi made a speech titled " the power of the people united"

I'm not a monarchist and while people look back at the previous regime with nostalgia now it doesn't mean all was great so I don't think monarchy would have a chance again in Iran. Seems like Reza pahlavi knows that too so he said he does not want to assume leadership unless he's elected by people (he's said this a couple times in the past as well, despite pressure from his circle of advisers and monarchists to declare himself king )

He said his only goal is help Iran achieve a secular and democratic government. We'll have to see how it turns out. No one wants to assume leadership as of yet because it's a divisive subject.


9. Terrorist attack at a shrine in Shiraz. Authorities say it was Isis.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202210277537

 

 

 

It's terrible that the government would go to such lengths. They've always relied on an outside evil to convince us that we need them for protection. That once the regime is gone big bad ISIS would come and kill us all.

People on twitter were warning us that the government would try to pull something on the 40th day of Zhina's death.
Someone published a document a month ago citing methods for psychological warfare the government usually uses to handle these situations. (I'm gonna translate all of them, might be useful for you as well)




• spreading rumors so people can't discern the truth

• capturing opposition leaders

• claiming protesters are after vulgar and indicent goals (like claiming girls want to walk around naked when the issue of forced hijab came up, or that people were burning Quran and mosques, which the police did it themselves to blame it on protesters)

• claim protesters are connected to outside forces (US, Isreal)

• creating spacegoats and false flag operations

• creating alternative news outlests

• infiltrating crowds

• sympathising with the protesters

• forced confessions

• scaring, deceiving or ridiculing protesters


I can't say it's 100 percent true that the government did this in Shiraz but it's an odd coincidence for sure. Another incident happened on the same day

 

People believe this is not the first time the governmet has done this kind of thing.

• Like the imam Reza shrine bombing, a false flag operation by the regime to blame MEK (people aren't fond of the MEK, they HAVE done terrorist attacks. Just not this one)

• ukranian flight 752 which the government finally admited they shot it down by "accident"

• cinema rex fire: someone locked all the doors and set the building on fire with 400 people inside. Islamic republic blamed it on SAVAK (shah's intelligence agency who did all the dirty work for him) and people now blame islamist extremists, saying they used it to their advantage in starting the revolution.


10. 

Warning: disturbing news of girl missing 

https://twitter.com/1500tasvir_en/status/1584918565681074180?t=FlWEzh5vjpb2navKdd1pKQ&s=19
 

Warning: blood, son and mom attacked by basiji forces

https://twitter.com/Sashtyani/status/1585565032347230209?t=wdjHCmsFGMPGGtdXtQpUiw&s=19

 

 

Edited October 27, 2022 by Zahra

[Katja]

Thank you, @Zahra, for sharing these news and keeping us to know what is happening. Definitely it is time to reveal the crimes of the government. I really hope that things are going better soon. Keep going and be safe, all love to you and your family! 

[AnnH]

Thank you, @Zahra for taking your precious internet time to let us know what's going on in Iran from your perspective. Please know that my thoughts are with you and all the folks there who are fighting so hard for what is right.

[DianeHB]

Thanks @Zahra for keeping us informed. These posts make me cry. Stay safe and love to you and all who are fighting the good fight.  

[Bogi]

Thank you for keeping us updated @Zahra. I am very proud of your people standing up against oppression. Stay safe 

[Kasia]

I can’t imagine what it’s like being in the midst of all of this, so thank you for what you’re doing @Zahra. In a world with so much misinformation, spreading truth is part of the revolution. Stay safe, stay strong.

[Zahra]

 

 

6 other protesters have gotten the same sentence... one of them is only 17

 

 

 

Edited November 1, 2022 by Zahra

[Zahra]

 

 

[Karl]

Thank you for keeping us updated Zahra. Stay safe and strong.

[Leela Corman]

...Iran is on the UN Women's Rights Commission?!

[Zahra]

@Leela Corman yes, unfortunately

 

Our activists are working to fix that. Kamala harris supported removing Iran from that position as well.

 

https://twitter.com/FardadFarahzad/status/1587879207593549824?t=w4IrUENmiciIBQyk0S8O8A&s=19

 

Here's the petition to remove Iran from UN women's rights commission 

https://www.womanlifefreedom.today/

Edited November 3, 2022 by Zahra

[Zahra]

 

Some video got through before they shut down the internet there

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 3, 2022 by Zahra

[Zahra]

Hi all, there's going to be another worldwide rally, you can search for your city here if you want to attend

https://rally.ps752justice.com/event/nov19?title=November 19, 2022 - The Silent Massacre of November 2019

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2022 by Zahra

[Zahra]

 

update on the situation: people are not giving up. celebrities are joining us, there's news of more defectors in the military. 

what I'm specially waiting for is a united opposition group (transition counsel). I hope these 'opposition leaders' come to their senses soon.

"Royalist" are specially stubborn, they think anyone who doesn't want the Pahlavi dynasty back in power is a traitor. Reza Pahlavi doesn't think so but his fans do.

 

 

I like this trend!

 

warning: the following videos are all extremely disturbing 

neighbors are yelling "leave him alone!" and one of them throws a vase but they missed. later on in the video one basiji yells "we'll kill children as well!"

 

which they do. they've killed 50 children so far. 400 people in total (as far as we know)

they deny what happened in Izeh of course, and say "ISIS did it"

ISIS in return said "we do not kill children"... 

 

and this was last night

 

 

at the same time it seems like Turkey and Iran are bombing Kurds in Iraq...

 

yup, more than 10 have already received death sentences. and more might've been executed already. I heard 20 have been executed in Baluchistan. can't confirm though.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 21, 2022 by Zahra

[Zahra]

again, this is all disturbing news, the good news is that the revolution is still ongoing, people come out every night but we can't also ignore the bad news. and there's a lot more that I'm skipping. 

 

the regime has started giving out death sentences. so far 25 have gotten the death sentence (some are under 18) and 30 got executed in Baluchistan. the people there usually don't even have IDs

(this pisses me off for another reason, some news agencies focused a lot of the fact that "15000 people got the death sentences" news was FALSE, but they don't follow up when it's actually happening, do they?) 

 

 

a couple of news agencies got hacked

the files show that the government also believes these protests would not end soon, the number of people killed is more than 400 for sure.

it was stated that it's more than the number of people killed in 2019 bloody November, which was more than 1500 (another hacked document says it was 2400 then, you do the math) 

more police officers are refusing to show up to work, or they refuse to beat up people.  

 

good news is that truckers are on strike all over the country which is a big deal (it's the 5th day), oil and patrol workers were already on strike, some factories are also on strike. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

people plan to come out to the streets in 5th, 6th and 7th of December. and invite all to go on strike, and encourage students to not go to school. 

Edited December 2, 2022 by Zahra

[Zahra]

 

after this happened the regime has apparently decided to make a documentary that shows people are violent and destroy properties for no reason. a few police officers were seen giving flowers to people... with cameras recording. you get the gist

 

I follow him on Instagram... the app is so slow that I don't open it anymore, I didn't even realize he hasn't been posting...

Edited December 2, 2022 by Zahra

[Zahra]

 

 

one important thing to note here is that he was not the first! the regime has been executing Baluchi people for weeks!

Edited December 8, 2022 by Zahra

[Zahra]

 

[Zahra]

please share this on your social media, and call your representatives to say his name. the regime kills the ones who are not well known. Mohsen's family didn't talk about him in hopes that he will be freed. 

I saw the news that 3 people were going to be executed a couple days ago, I tweeted for all of them, but I couldn't find any picture or information about Mohsen Shekari on twitter, and they executed him. 

 

[Zahra]

https://twitter.com/1500tasvir_en/status/1601352783654813697?s=19

 

Edited December 10, 2022 by Zahra

[Zahra]

 

this is very accurate. it explains Iran's political history and the nature of both revolutions