Widespread protests against the corrupt theocratic regime have spread across Iran. Women are removing their oppressive hijabs. Protests have even spread to the religious city of Qom, where “demonstrators shouted ‘Death to Hezbollah’ and ‘Aren’t you ashamed Khamenei? Leave the country.'”
The people of Iran are obviously chafing under the repressive Islamist regime, and are tired of money being spent on foreign adventurism and a proxy war in Saudi Arabia rather than on domestic needs.
Similar protests occurred during the “Green Revolution” of 2009, which Obama generally ignored and which was crushed in short order. Instead of regime change, the Iranian people saw the Obama Administration prop up Ayatollah Khamenei’s theocratic regime via the asinine Iran Deal.
Obama didn’t cave for a handful of magic beans, he caved for the promise that, at some point, Iran might send us a pic of said magic beans.
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) December 18, 2017
Could real change be coming with President Donald Trump in the White House?
Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. Iranian govt should respect their people’s rights, including right to express themselves. The world is watching! #IranProtests
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2017
The entire world understands that the good people of Iran want change, and, other than the vast military power of the United States, that Iran’s people are what their leaders fear the most…. pic.twitter.com/W8rKN9B6RT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2017
Oppressive regimes cannot endure forever, and the day will come when the Iranian people will face a choice. The world is watching! pic.twitter.com/kvv1uAqcZ9
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2017
Stay tuned…
Edited to add:
DEVELOPING: Protestors breach walls of "Governor's compound" in city of Arak #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/UZBIIycewu
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) December 30, 2017
Edited to add 2: Protestors chant “We don’t want an Islamic Republic!”
Brave protesters in #Qom, central #Iran, continuing their rally into the night, chanting:
"We don't want an Islamic republic."#Iranprotests are demanding fundamental changes.#RegimeChange #No2Rouhani #FreeIran @FedericaMog @AnnLinde #AP #AFP pic.twitter.com/ihNiAn0OwW— IranGathering (@IranGathering) December 29, 2017
Updated to add 3:
#IranianProtests: Governor’s office in Khorramabad set ablaze after regime forces shoot 4 protestors dead pic.twitter.com/t23nTRoOLr
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) December 30, 2017
