For sixth day.. Continuous protests in Iran, deaths among protesters

Protests continued in Iran for the sixth consecutive day, the most important of which were in Ahwaz, and the death toll of demonstrators rose to 5 since the protests began.

21 July, 2021 14:32

Newsdesk

Mass protests erupted on Tuesday evening in the city of Izh, in which dozens of protesters chanted slogans "Death to Khamenei."

On Tuesday, the number of victims of protests in Iran rose to 5, including 4 in Izh.

Iranians' anger escalated due to the interruption of drinking water from Khuzestan province, Ahwaz regions, and others.

And renewed protests in various parts of Khuzestan province in southern Iran, which is inhabited by an Arab majority, due to the water crisis.

Video clips of protesters chanting the slogan "Death to Khamenei", while others chanted, "Children of the Lor and Arabs are brothers, do not separate," emphasizing the rejection of the efforts of the regime and its supporters to stir up nationalist and racist strife in Khuzestan.

These slogans against the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei, came amid a heavy presence of the security forces.

Similar protests also took place in other regions, including Ahwaz, the capital of Khuzestan, the city of Khafajia, Falahiyah, Ma'ashur and others, due to the water crisis.

Video footage published by activists from the Al-Thawra neighborhood in Ahvas, on Monday, showed that the security forces fired a barrage of bullets at the demonstrators, which resulted in injuries.