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Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation

Sep 21, 2022, 17 tweets

Day five of anti-regime protests in #Iran.

It's getting crazy.

#Iran: Iranian students write the name #MahsaAmini everywhere across the country to make sure people don't forget her name.

#Iran: protesters in the city of #Abhar are burning their mandatory hijabs.

#Iran: protesters in the city of #Kerman are tearing down a poster of the late Iranian wsr criminal Qassem Soleimani.

#Iran: flag of the Islamic Republic going up into flames in the city of #Tabriz.

#Iran: mandatory hijabs being thrown on the fire in #Kerman.

#Iran: in the northern city of #Nowshahr protesters assault the police instead of the other way around.

#Iran: protesters in #Esfarayen tearing down a poster of #Khamenei as the crowd chants "death to the dictator!".

#Iran: the city of #Tabriz earlier today. Riot police don't even seem to bother anymore.

#Iran: city of #Mashhad tonight. A police station is going up into flames.

#Iran: mandatory hijab being burned by protesters in the city of #Khorramabad (#Lorestan) tonight.

#Iran: people chanting "death to the dictator!" in the city of #Kashan (#Isfahan province).

#Iran: riot police in #Tehran trying to catch a break as they sit next to one of their trucks, set on fire by protesters

#Iran: riot police in #BandareAnzali (#Gilan province) breaking into homes where they suspect protesters to be hiding.

#Iran: streets of the capital #Tehran tonight.

"Death to the dictator!"

#Iran: a girl in #Tehran takes off her mandatory hijab as the crowd cheers her on

#Iran: women dance freely in the streets, and all the riot police can do is stand there and watch.

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