{"id":596803,"date":"2021-07-19T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=596803"},"modified":"2021-07-19T12:06:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:06:59","slug":"death-to-the-dictator-iranians-take-to-streets-in-anti-regime-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-to-the-dictator-iranians-take-to-streets-in-anti-regime-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Death To The Dictator\u2019: Iranians Take To Streets In Anti-Regime Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeath-to-the-dictator-iranians-take-to-streets-in-anti-regime-protests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=596803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Iran-1-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Iranians are protesting against their nation\u2019s Islamic government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the past several weeks, Iran has experienced worsening energy and water shortages. As the BBC reported, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani acknowledged the inconvenience caused by the outages earlier this month: \u201cI apologize to our dear people who have faced problems and suffering in the past few days and I urge them to cooperate [by cutting their electricity use]. People complain about power outages and they are right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57719556&#039;\"><span>BBC<\/span><\/a><span> added:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><i><span>Rouhani explained in televised remarks on Tuesday morning that the drought meant most of the country\u2019s hydroelectric power plants were not operating, and that electricity consumption had surged as people used air conditioning to cope with the intense summer heat.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Videos on social media appeared to show crowds in Shar-e Rey near Tehran, Shiraz, Amol and elsewhere overnight. Some people can be heard shouting \u201cDeath to the dictator\u201d and \u201cDeath to Khamenei\u201d \u2014<\/span><\/i> <i><span>a reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.007874015748\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Protests are reported in several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> cities against politicians and weeks of power cuts\u2026 last night people were chanting \u201cDeath to Khamenei\u201d, \u201cDeath to dictator\u201d\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LHdWEr8UK1\">pic.twitter.com\/LHdWEr8UK1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rana Rahimpour (@ranarahimpour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ranarahimpour\/status\/1412171298701295617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Protests continued over the past weekend as water remained scarce. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-57873405\"><span>BBC<\/span><\/a><span> reported again on Saturday:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><i><span>The water crisis has devastated agriculture and livestock farming and led to electricity blackouts. Earlier this month, protests broke out in a number of cities across the country. The authorities blame reduced rainfall for the situation, saying many hydroelectric power plants are not operating and electricity consumption has surged as people use air conditioning to cope with the intense summer heat. But many locals say the problem is mismanagement and corruption.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Masih Alinejad \u2014 an Iranian-American journalist who was nearly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/while-biden-goes-soft-on-iran-iranian-regime-reportedly-directed-kidnapping-of-american-anti-regime-journalist\"><span>kidnapped<\/span><\/a><span> on American soil by the Iranian government \u2014 likewise called the protests \u201canti-regime demonstrations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cKhuzestan doesn\u2019t have water and the regime is to blame for wrong water policies,\u201d she said on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9886363636364\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anti-regime demonstrations are still underway in Iran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khuzestan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khuzestan<\/a> province. This video is from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Susangerd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Susangerd<\/a> where security forces are seen shooting at innocent protesters asking for water.<\/p>\n<p>Khuzestan doesn&#8217;t have water and the regime is to blame for wrong water policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QNugWzPZB2\">pic.twitter.com\/QNugWzPZB2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Masih Alinejad \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f (@AlinejadMasih) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/1416863738334941188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThese innocent people of #Kuzestan want to water,\u201d she commented in another post. \u201cThe regime has deprived them of this vital source of life. Watch how the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at protesters in #Susangerd because they simply ask why they lack water.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2370820668693\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch this video. These innocent people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kuzestan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kuzestan<\/a> want to water. The regime has deprived them of this vital source of life. Watch how the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at protesters in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Susangerd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Susangerd<\/a> because they simply ask why they lack water. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3WQpepfaGK\">pic.twitter.com\/3WQpepfaGK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Masih Alinejad \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f (@AlinejadMasih) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/1416867228360876038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At least one protester has reportedly been killed.<\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/country\/iran\/publication\/economic-update-april-2021\"><span>World Bank<\/span><\/a><span> states that Iran is facing economic hardships due to COVID-19, rampant inflation, and high government debt. The nation has also experienced severe economic contractions for the two years leading up to the outbreak of COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cuba\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span> reported, citizens of Cuba have taken to the streets for similar reasons \u2014 namely, shortages of basic necessities spurned by mismanagement from an authoritarian government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>President Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-calls-on-cuban-dictators-to-hear-their-people-and-serve-their-needs\"><span>declared<\/span><\/a><span> solidarity with \u201cthe Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they have been subjected by Cuba\u2019s authoritarian regime.\u201d He lauded the Cuban people for \u201cbravely asserting fundamental and universal rights,\u201d including \u201cthe right of peaceful protest and the right to freely determine their own future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though Biden has not amended America\u2019s trade embargo on Cuba, the Commander-in-Chief recently walked back <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-lifts-some-iranian-oil-sanctions-as-feds-bust-iranian-spy-network-planning-to-kidnap-american-report?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\"><span>sanctions<\/span><\/a><span> on Iran meant to limit the illicit oil trade. The State Department said that the sanctions waiver was signed to \u201callow funds held in restricted Iranian accounts in Japan and Korea to be used to pay back Japanese and Korean companies that exported non-sanctioned items to Iran.\u201d The waiver \u201cdoes not allow for the transfer of any funds to Iran.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the time of this article\u2019s publication, the Biden administration has not yet addressed the Iranian protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranians are protesting against their nation\u2019s Islamic government.For the past several weeks, Iran has experienced worsening energy and water shortages. 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