{"id":8588,"date":"2017-10-23T23:28:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T04:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=8588"},"modified":"2017-10-23T23:28:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T04:28:32","slug":"anti-regime-protests-spreading-across-iran-says-countrys-opposition-freeiran-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/8588\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-regime protests spreading across #Iran, says country&#8217;s opposition &#8211; #FreeIran #Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2017\/10\/23\/anti-regime-protests-spreading-across-iran-says-countrys-opposition.html\">FoxNews:<\/a> Ordinary Iranians reportedly took their grievances against the Tehran regime today to the country\u2019s parliament as a result of what they say are the regime\u2019s plundering of their savings and its corrupt policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">According to a report and video from an Iranian opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), there were more than 2,000 people protesting outside the country\u2019s parliament, known as the Majlis. The protesters who were accosted by the police shouted slogans against the regime:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>\u201cShame, shame on the police force!\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cDeath to the dictator.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cDeath to the demagogue.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A_u3lxgnJIE?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nUpon police arresting female protesters, the crowd, it reported, shouted more antagonistic chants against the regime.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cYou are ISIS, you are ISIS, death to ISIS, let them go.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cShame on Rouhani.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had a budget deficit, so they took our money,\u201d was another chant, according to the NCRI.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported last week that President Donald Trump\u2019s speech on the Iran nuclear deal emboldened protesters after he said that his administration stood in solidarity with ordinary Iranians.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ndR3ft_bU7U?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAccording to various reports, protests started over a financial scandal where thousands of people trusted their lifesavings with government institutions only to lose it or not be allowed to collect on it. The protests started in 2016 but have become increasingly political this year.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the investments are reportedly run or tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which was recently designated through the Department of Treasury for its terrorist activities by Trump.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cI will kill, I will kill the one who killed my brother,\u201d<\/strong><\/span> the protesters are reported to have shouted as the police moved into arrest them. Protesters, the NCRI report said, had thrown rocks, wood and other objects at the police.<\/p>\n<p>The report also said that as the police surrounded the protesters they broke through police barriers and were joined by many bystanders, all this as a motorized unit was deployed. The protesters responded, it said, by pelting the police with rocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe courageous chants in today\u2019s demonstrations targeting the heads of the Judiciary and Executive Branch, as well as the suppressive State Security Force and intelligence forces, reflect the Iranian people\u2019s desire for the overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 religious dictatorship,\u201d Maryam Rajavi, the head of the NCRI, said in a statement released today.<\/p>\n<p>In her statement, Rajavi especially called on young Iranians to support their countrymen and women and protest for their rights and expand the protests.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pd_Q-qbQ9Q0?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n\u201cInstitutionalized fraud along with institutionalized murder and belligerence constitute the pillars of the mullahs\u2019 decadent regime. Ali Khamenei and his office hold the strings controlling all the depraved crimes taking place in the country. As long as this regime is in power, there will be no end to the astronomical embezzlement, poverty, unemployment and catastrophic economic conditions,\u201d her statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters also criticized the head of Iran\u2019s judiciary, Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq Amoli Larijani, who was appointed to a 10-year term by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. The protesters called out, according to the NCRI report:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarijani is a judge. 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