{"id":18723,"date":"2020-01-13T15:15:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T20:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=18723"},"modified":"2020-01-13T15:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T20:15:37","slug":"second-day-of-protests-by-iranian-people-and-students-against-khamenei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2020\/01\/13\/second-day-of-protests-by-iranian-people-and-students-against-khamenei\/","title":{"rendered":"Second day of protests by Iranian people and students against Khamenei"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"jeg_post_subtitle\">Demonstrations by enraged citizens, students reflect the Iranian people\u2019s demand for the clerical regime\u2019s overthrow<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_SnPP9jU4LM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1\">\n<div class=\"meta_left\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/01\/12\/second-day-of-protests-by-iranian-people-and-students-against-khamenei\/\">January 12, 2020<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_category\"><span class=\"meta_text\">in<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/category\/women-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Women&#8217;s News<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content with-share\">\n<div class=\"content-inner \">\n<p>The second day of protests by the Iranian people and students continued in dozens of cities across the country despite massive presence of the State Security forces (SSF), the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and anti-riot units and their being on a state of full alert. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/2020\/01\/11\/thousands-of-students-in-tehran-called-for-ouster-of-ali-khamenei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">role of young women and female students<\/a>\u00a0was remarkable in the second day of protests.<\/p>\n<p>In Tehran, Iranian people and students marched to the Freedom Square on the second day of protests, chanting, \u201cThe stupid leader is our disgrace\u201d and \u201cThe IRGC commits crimes &amp; the leader supports them!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students of Melli University (a.k.a. Beheshti) in Tehran held their protest with chants of \u201cDeath to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the Leader\u201d and \u201cCannons, tanks and teargas are no longer effective.\u201d This was a reference to the security forces\u2019 attempt on the previous day to disperse them by firing tear gas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19874 size-full lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-750.jpg\" alt=\"Second day of protests by Iranian people and students against Khamenei\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u062f\u0627\u0646\u0634\u062c\u0648\u06cc\u0627\u0646-750.jpg\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u062f\u0627\u0646\u0634\u062c\u0648\u06cc\u0627\u0646-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u062f\u0627\u0646\u0634\u062c\u0648\u06cc\u0627\u0646-750-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u062f\u0627\u0646\u0634\u062c\u0648\u06cc\u0627\u0646-750-360x180.jpg 360w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The students of Sharif Industrial University, Amir Kabir University and Allameh Tabatabaii continued their protests for the second day running.<\/p>\n<p>In Isfahan, people gathered at the historic site of Sio-sepol Bridge and other places in the city, chanting, \u201cCommander-in-chief of Armed Forces, resign, resign,\u201d \u201cThey killed our elite and replaced them with mullahs,\u201d and \u201cDictator, IRGC, you are our DAESH.\u201d Security forces fired bird shots and used tear gas to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Students of the Industrial University of Isfahan chanted, \u201cStudents are aware, despise Khamenei,\u201d \u201cUsed God as a ladder and brought people misery,\u201d \u201cOur enemy is right here, they lie saying it\u2019s America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19875 size-full lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/protest-in-Iran-day-2-min.jpg\" alt=\"Second day of protests by Iranian people and students against Khamenei\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/protest-in-Iran-day-2-min.jpg\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/protest-in-Iran-day-2-min.jpg 750w, https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/protest-in-Iran-day-2-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/protest-in-Iran-day-2-min-360x180.jpg 360w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iranian people and students also held protests in the cities of Mashhad, Ahvaz, Shadegan, Kermanshah, Sanandaj, Karaj, Sari, Babol, Amol, Lahijan, Semnan, Shahroud, Tabriz, Qazvin, Zanjan, Shiraz, Urmia, Gorgan, Hamedan, and Arak.<\/p>\n<p>Students of Tehran University\u2019s School of Management, Khajeh Nassir University, and the University of Science and Industry in Tehran, Bou Ali University of Hamedan, the University of Damghan, Noshirvani University of Babol, and Paris University of Karaj also commemorated the victims of the Ukrainian plane crash.<\/p>\n<p>Students of Razi University of Kermanshah held their protest despite heavy presence of security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/item\/maryam-rajavi-demonstrations-students-regime-overthrow-tehran-karaj-arak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), hailed the arisen students in Tehran and other cities for taking to the streets for the second day. She said, with their slogans against Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards, they displayed the demand of the Iranian people for the overthrow of the ruling religious dictatorship and the establishment of democracy and popular sovereignty in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Time has come for the international community to acknowledge the reality that the religious fascism ruling Iran does not represent the Iranian people, and recognize the national call for the overthrow of the mullahs, Mrs. Rajavi said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Demonstrations by enraged citizens, students reflect the Iranian people\u2019s demand for the clerical regime\u2019s overthrow January 12, 2020 in\u00a0Women&#8217;s News The second day of protests <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2020\/01\/13\/second-day-of-protests-by-iranian-people-and-students-against-khamenei\/\" title=\"Second day of protests by Iranian people and students against Khamenei\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":18725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18726,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18723\/revisions\/18726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}