{"id":62749,"date":"2026-01-07T11:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=62749"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:53:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:53:24","slug":"protests-in-110-cities-across-iran-32-people-murdered-and-media-silence-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/07\/protests-in-110-cities-across-iran-32-people-murdered-and-media-silence-in-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests in 110 cities across Iran, 32 people murdered, and media silence in the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The democratic opposition to the Islamist dictatorship is carrying out a genuine popular uprising in Iran.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/02\/the-iranian-dictatorship-and-what-lies-behind-the-complicit-silence-of-many-in-the-west\/\">The Iranian dictatorship and what lies behind the complicit silence of many in the West<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/10\/05\/irans-islamist-dictatorship-tells-its-side-of-the-story-and-exposes-those-who-are-in-it\/\">Iran's Islamist dictatorship tells its side of the story and exposes those who are in it<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Islamist dictatorship of Ali Khamenei is experiencing its most difficult hours.<\/strong> Protests in Iran, fueled by widespread discontent with the country's political and economic situation, are escalating. Yesterday, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-day-10-clashes-intensify-in-tehran-bazaar-security-forces-withdraw-from-abdanan\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this Tuesday, the tenth day of the uprising, the protests had already spread to 110 cities across the country<\/a>, <strong>with 32 protesters killed<\/strong> by the Islamist regime's repressive apparatus.<\/p>\n<p>The NCRI has stated that <em>\"the events of Tuesday signaled a shift in the balance of power on the streets. <strong>While security forces ramped up brutality in the capital, they were forced into a humiliating retreat in western provinces<\/strong>, abandoning positions to the people.\"<\/em> The clearest example of this phenomenon occurred in the west of the country: <strong>the city of Abdanan, with nearly 24,000 inhabitants, has fallen under the control of protesters<\/strong> after the regime forces fled. The NCRI considers this \"a historic development,\" noting that <em>\"<strong>regime forces fled the scene, allowing the people to take effective control of the streets<\/strong>.\"<\/em> The protesters occupied the streets and the local police station. This video from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HoAbedini\/status\/2008598944277053491\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@HoAbedini<\/a> shows <strong>the celebrations in the streets of Abdanan after the flight of the oppressors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakingNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BreakingNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Abdanan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Abdanan<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ilam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ilam<\/a> Province extraordinary scenes as the whole city has risen up asking for the downfall of the mullahs regime.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevolution<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/No2ShahNo2Mullahs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#No2ShahNo2Mullahs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/esJyUYqMil\">pic.twitter.com\/esJyUYqMil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hossein Abedini (@HoAbedini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoAbedini\/status\/2008598944277053491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Torbat-e Heydarieh (population 140,000)<\/strong>, in the Khorasan Razavi province in the northwest of the country, <strong>regime forces, riding motorcycles<\/strong> (a mode of transport also often used by the repressive forces of the Venezuelan dictatorship to attack protesters), <strong>were forced to flee, followed by an angry crowd<\/strong>, as we can see in this video posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/simayazaditv\/status\/2008668033817153543\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@simayazaditv<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\ud83d\udd34<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%AA_%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062a\u0631\u0628\u062a_\u062d\u06cc\u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0647<\/a> \u06f1\u06f6\u062f\u06cc \u06f1\u06f4\u06f0\u06f4<br \/>\u0645\u0631\u062f\u0645 \u0628\u0647 \u062e\u0634\u0645 \u0622\u0645\u062f\u0647 \u062f\u0631 \u062e\u06cc\u0627\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0648 \u0641\u0631\u0627\u0631 \u0645\u0632\u062f\u0648\u0631\u0627\u0646<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0636\u0627\u062a_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0642\u06cc\u0627\u0645_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LOpTAHYUH8\">pic.twitter.com\/LOpTAHYUH8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simay Azadi (@simayazaditv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simayazaditv\/status\/2008668033817153543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In some cities, the protests have taken a qualitative leap. This is the case in the country's capital: <em>\"<strong>In Tehran, the commercial heart of the city became the epicenter of fierce resistance.<\/strong> By Tuesday morning, the Grand Bazaar, usually a hub of trade, was described by witnesses as a \u201cwar zone.\u201d <strong>The regime deployed massive resources to break the strike, including 20 buses of troops, plainclothes units, and water cannons<\/strong> stationed near the Alaeddin Passage. However, these measures failed to deter the merchants and youth,\"<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-day-10-clashes-intensify-in-tehran-bazaar-security-forces-withdraw-from-abdanan\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the NCRI noted yesterday<\/a> in its report on these protests. <strong>Here we can see images of those protests in Tehran<\/strong> published yesterday by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Maryam_Rajavi_P\/status\/2008542962397974782\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Maryam_Rajavi_P<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u062f\u0631 \u062f\u0647\u0645\u06cc\u0646 \u0631\u0648\u0632 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0642\u06cc\u0627\u0645_\u0633\u0631\u0627\u0633\u0631\u06cc<\/a> \u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646\u060c \u0628\u0627\u0631 \u062f\u06cc\u06af\u0631 \u0622\u062a\u0634 \u062e\u0634\u0645 \u0628\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u062f\u0631 \u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646 \u0632\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0647 \u06a9\u0634\u06cc\u062f \u0648 \u0628\u0627 \u062e\u0631\u0648\u0634 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0622\u0632\u0627\u062f\u06cc_\u0622\u0632\u0627\u062f\u06cc_\u0622\u0632\u0627\u062f\u06cc<\/a> \u0648 \u201d\u0627\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u0627\u0647 \u0645\u0627\u0647 \u062e\u0648\u0646\u0647 \u0633\u06cc\u062f\u0639\u0644\u06cc \u0633\u0631\u0646\u06af\u0648\u0646\u0647\u201c\u060c \u0646\u0634\u0627\u0646 \u062f\u0627\u062f \u06a9\u0647 \u062a\u0648\u0641\u0627\u0646 \u0642\u06cc\u0627\u0645 \u0633\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0632 \u0627\u06cc\u0633\u062a\u0627\u062f\u0646 \u0646\u062f\u0627\u0631\u062f. \u0646\u06cc\u0631\u0648\u0647\u0627\u06cc \u0633\u0631\u06a9\u0648\u0628\u06af\u0631 \u06a9\u0647 \u0627\u0632 \u0635\u0628\u062d \u0632\u0648\u062f \u062f\u0631 \u0645\u062d\u0644 \u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0631 \u0634\u062f\u0647 \u0628\u0648\u062f\u0646\u062f \u0628\u0627 \u06af\u0627\u0632 \u0627\u0634\u06a9\u200c\u0622\u0648\u0631 \u062a\u0644\u0627\u0634 \u06a9\u0631\u062f\u0646\u062f \u0645\u0627\u0646\u0639 \u0634\u06a9\u0644\u200c\u06af\u06cc\u0631\u06cc\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1bzVFu2xK9\">pic.twitter.com\/1bzVFu2xK9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0645\u0631\u06cc\u0645 \u0631\u062c\u0648\u06cc (@Maryam_Rajavi_P) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi_P\/status\/2008542962397974782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Islamist dictatorship is so desperate that, according to the NCRI, <em>\"the regime has resorted to blind violence and war crimes.\"<\/em> <strong>Yesterday, regime forces attacked a hospital in Tehran:<\/strong> <em>\"Tear gas canisters were fired directly into the grounds of Sina Hospital near Hassanabad. <strong>Witnesses reported that the gas infiltrated the wards, endangering patients, medical staff, and visitors, and severely disrupting critical hospital operations<\/strong>.\"<\/em> Here we can see a video of that gas attack on Sina Hospital, posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Vahid\/status\/2008519182355492940\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Vahid<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0648\u06cc\u062f\u06cc\u0648\u06cc \u062f\u0631\u06cc\u0627\u0641\u062a\u06cc: &#39;\u067e\u0631\u062a\u0627\u0628 \u06af\u0627\u0632 \u0627\u0634\u06a9\u200c\u0622\u0648\u0631 \u0628\u0647 \u062f\u0627\u062e\u0644 \u0628\u06cc\u0645\u0627\u0631\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u06cc\u0646\u0627\u060c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062a\u0647\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/a>\u060c \u062d\u0633\u0646\u200c\u0622\u0628\u0627\u062f\u060c \u0633\u0647\u200c\u0634\u0646\u0628\u0647 \u06f1\u06f6 \u062f\u06cc&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KGm7hWidyl\">pic.twitter.com\/KGm7hWidyl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vahid Online (@Vahid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vahid\/status\/2008519182355492940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The NCRI also reports that <em>\"<strong>security forces fired tear gas into a crowded metro station in Tehran.<\/strong> Civilians, including women and children, were trapped in the enclosed underground space, suffering from the suffocating effects of the chemical agents.\"<\/em> <strong>This video from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/2008589250170941772\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@AlinejadMasih<\/a> shows what happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tear gas inside Tehran metro stations.<\/p>\n<p>This video is from a few hours ago. Security forces fired dozens of tear gas canisters inside a metro station.<br \/>Motorcycle units are heavily controlling all entrances and exits.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, January 6, 2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jd3TWFn5mP\">pic.twitter.com\/jd3TWFn5mP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Masih Alinejad \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f (@AlinejadMasih) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/2008589250170941772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here you can see a video posted last night on YouTube by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@PMOIMEKIran\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@PMOIMEKIran<\/a> showing <strong>a summary of the protests in various cities in Iran this Tuesday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iran Protests Day 10: Tehran Bazaar Resumes Strike, Heavy Clashes in Cities Across Iran\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-zxMUhMcHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What's most astonishing is that this popular uprising is receiving very little coverage in Western media.<\/strong> Many outlets simply aren't reporting on the protests, even though social media is abuzz with videos like the ones we just saw. Once again, <strong>Twitter<\/strong> is filling the information vacuum left by many media outlets.<\/strong> What we see in these reports is that the situation is spiraling out of control for the regime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reasons for this information blackout could be several.<\/strong> On the one hand, there is a lack of contacts in Iran to be able to record what is happening beyond the official information from the dictatorship. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/02\/the-iranian-dictatorship-and-what-lies-behind-the-complicit-silence-of-many-in-the-west\/\">There are also the political reasons that I already explained here<\/a>. On the other hand, <strong>the great economic influence of Qatar in the West cannot be discounted, an Islamic country whose dictatorship supports the Iranian regime<\/strong> and which <a href=\"https:\/\/jiss.org.il\/en\/shuker-admoni-qatars-influence-operations\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has considerable influence in influential Western media outlets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-protests-day-10-clashes-intensify-in-tehran-bazaar-security-forces-withdraw-from-abdanan\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ncr-iran.org<\/a>. Protests in Tehran's Bazaar, January 6, 2026.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The democratic opposition to the Islamist dictatorship is carrying out a genuine popular uprising in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10373],"tags":[26058,26019,822,20572,26060,26059],"class_list":["post-62749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-abdanan","tag-ali-khamenei","tag-iran","tag-national-council-of-resistance-of-iran-ncri","tag-tehran","tag-torbat-e-heydarieh"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-11 22:35:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}