Eye on Iran's Protests - April 6, 2023

Large-scale anti-regime protests spread across Iran in the past week and converged in the capital, Tehran. The regime’s leadership, however, remains brutal and intransigent. Over 500 Iranian protesters have been killed. Countless others have been blinded, raped, poisoned, and tortured. Khamenei is doubling down, recently declaring that not wearing the hijab is “legally and religiously forbidden.” Another string of poisonings targeted young schoolgirls.

This map depicts protest-related events (gatherings, strikes, arrests and deaths) on day 203 of the Women, Life, Freedom revolution.

A fearless woman without her hijab danced gleefully on a train in Tehran.

Citizens in the city of Shandiz in Iran's northeast grappled with a member of the IRGC's Basij militia who poured a bucket of yogurt on the heads of two women defying the Islamic Republic's hijab regulations by not wearing any headscarf.

A mother screamed for her daughter who was targeted in a chemical attack in Sarvestan, Iran.

On the occasion of the birthday of Hamidreza Rouhi who was murdered by the Islamic Republic, the people of Iran protested against the regime in Tehran. The fight for Woman, Life, Freedom continues.

Protesters blocked Bamri highway in Tehran. They were arrested and attacked by the Islamic Republic’s security forces.

A large group of citizens in Tehran gathered outside the house of Hamidreza Rouhi, a victim of regime security forces, on his birthday anniversary, chanting slogans against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Republic.

People all over Tehran chanted slogans against the Islamic Republic and its dictator Ali Khamenei. Also, highways and main roads were blocked by the protesters.

In Tehran, people protesting on the occasion of Hamidreza Rouhi's birthday chanted: “We have come again, the uprising continues!”

The Jewish Committee to Support Women, Life, Freedom in Iran was formed. Its mission is to connect the American Jewish community with the Iranian diaspora to support their efforts to amplify the voices, vision, and dreams of the Iranian people in Western capitals. UANI’s Chairman Senator Joe Lieberman, UANI’s CEO Ambassador Mark Wallace, and UANI’s Policy Director Jason Brodsky are among the participants in this initiative.

Twenty Iranian schoolgirls were poisoned and transferred to a hospital in the northwestern city of Tabriz.

Toomaj Salehi's family expressed concern for his health after footage released by state media purportedly showed the rapper blindfolded, with bruises on his face, apologizing for his support of the protests. Toomaj is a famous Iranian rapper who was arrested in the nation-wide crackdown on protesters in the Women, Life, Freedom movement.

Protesters chanted “Khamenei we’re going to burn you. We’re going to burn you just like this,” as they burned an Islamic Republic flag.

Iran Regime Keeps Sealing Shops, Malls in which the Hijab is Not Observed | Iran International

Dozens of shops and malls in which Iranian women continue to flout the regime’s mandatory hijab rules have been closed down across Iran with dozens more women arrested. As the regime fights a losing battle against the wave of women bravely participating in a nationwide hijab rebellion, the tide against oppression continues. In Kashan, Esfahan (Isfahan) province, Karim Ahmadi, an IRGC commander, said more than 40 shops have been shut down for their customers not complying with Islamic dress code. Meanwhile, upon the order of the city prosecutor, Kashan Mall, the largest commercial and tourism center of the city has also been sealed for mass breaking of the compulsory hijab rule