Angry Iranians call for more rallies despite threats

There is no let up in protests in Iran as demonstrations continue in various cities and activists call for more rallies and civil disobedience in the coming days. Iranians once again braved the violent crackdown by the Islamic Republic and poured into streets Wednesday evening, amid threats of death sentences for protesters.

In the central city of Isfahan, angry protesters held rallies near Chaharbagh neighborhood while city officials had cut the electricity in several districts. Videos show that protesters used a mosque loudspeaker to invite their fellow citizens to join them in their movement.

In the city of Mahabad in West Azarbaijan some overnight protests were staged with people lighting fires and blocking streets. People in Shiraz published some fliers to call for a protest rally on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, a huge crowd of people attended a mourning procession of a young woman who was killed by security forces forty days ago in the northern city of Nowshahr.

Reports say many people travelled from several other cities to commemorate Hannaneh Kia. They chanted “Death to Khamenei,” and “Death to Dictator.” Videos on social media show that regime forces fired tear gas near the house of the victim.

Videos on social media show people in Qazvin took to streets after nightfall. In capital Tehran women chanted antigovernment slogans on the subway and residents in Ekbatan district repeated their nightly vigil and chanted antigovernment slogans from their windows despite attacks by plainclothes who fired at buildings during the past few nights.

Some other videos show use of violence against peaceful demonstrators in Chitgar neighborhood in western capital.

On Wednesday afternoon, doctors, residents, and medical students of Tehran’s Khomeini Hospital also gathered in front of the Tehran Medical Council chanting slogans in support of the uprising and protested the brutal treatment of medical staff.

The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) in a statement on Wednesday urged the international community to warn the Iranian authorities against issuing death sentences against detained protesters.