#IranCivilRights #IranHumanRights There is widespread civil protests in Iran 🇮🇷 because of the arbitrary and capricious decision of the oppressive authoritarian fascist regime of pseudo “cleric” @khamenei_ir and tinpot despot @hrouhani to DOUBLE gas ⛽️ prices. The regime is MURDERING protesters in the streets. The regime has shut down internet access to 93% of Iran 🇮🇷 to hide their terrorism. Democracy is fragile and must be fought for and protected #FreedomForIran #Repost from @centerforhumanrights (@regrid_) Protests that erupted in several Iranian cities during the evening of November 15 after the government announced stiff gasoline price hikes and imposed a strict rationing system continued in cities throughout the country into the next night, according to videos shared on social media. “Like their counterparts in Lebanon and Iraq, the protests in Iran on Friday were set off by economic anxiety, but some quickly assumed an anti-government tone,” reported Farnaz Fassihi in a rundown of the events so far in the New York Times. Internet freedom organizations reported on Nov. 16 that Iranians across the country were also struggling to access the internet. “Confirmed: #Iran is now in the midst of a near-total national internet shutdown; realtime network data show connectivity at 7% of ordinary levels after twelve hours of progressive network disconnections as public protests continue,” tweeted NetBlocks. The Iranian government has a documented history of temporarily slowing down or blocking internet access during mass street demonstrations to block the flow of information out of and into the country. ⠀ ⠀ #Iran #Tehran #IranProtests #IranElection #Rouhani #Tehran #Ahvaz #Mashhad #Isfahan #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #UN #HumanRights #peoplepower (at Iran) https://www.instagram.com/p/B48HvADg7pi/?igshid=hzjkpfetbdrn
