Iran Protests Reach Tehran, Videos Show Crowds Chanting for Fall of Regime

Newsweek – July 26, 2021 – Protests that began in southwestern Iran last week have spread to the capital Tehran, activists said early Monday, despite the efforts of the regime to quell the unrest with a crackdown by security forces.

Marchers took to the streets in several areas of the capital on Monday. Videos sent to Newsweek by opposition activists and other clips uploaded on Twitter showed dozens of people choking roads and chanting for the fall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The protests began in the southwestern, oil-rich province of Khuzestan earlier this month. Iran’s worst drought in 50 years has left parts of the province without sufficient water or electricity. Iran’s hydroelectric network is buckling under the strain of drought and what regime critics say are decades of official incompetence and corruption.
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