Protests spread across Iran on fire festival

3/15/2018 10:40:02 AM

 

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MEK’s network of supporters inside the country called upon all Iranian people to show their protests against the ruling mullahs in Iran

Orient Net, March 14, 2018 -- Political activities reportedly spread across Iran following a call by the network of the Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) for mobilization on the occasion of the March 13 National Fire Festival, Chaharshanbeh Suri in Persian, according to Clarion Project.

A few weeks ago, MEK’s network of supporters inside the country called upon all Iranian people to show their protests against the ruling mullahs in Iran during the last week of the Persian year. Iranian protesters distributed leaflets and flyers in support of this call, in scores of cities.

Pictures of Maryam Rajavi , President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran ( NCRI ), were posted in various locations while pictures of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were set on fire by activists and protesters who chanted “Down with Khamenei.”

Despite the mullahs’ widespread efforts to prevent gatherings and protests, people took to the streets to defy the repression of the regime and to express their desire for regime change. People across the country protested by lighting firecrackers and jumping over fires. But the celebrations also had a political theme and were accompanied by the burning of the Supreme Leader’s posters and chants of “Death to Khamenei” and “Death to the dictator.”

The MEK’s call to action has been embraced in public statements by shopkeepers, bazaar merchants, university students and people from various social strata throughout the country.