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#BREAKING
Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Students of Amir Kabir University are chanting during a large rally: "IRGC shame on you! Let go of the country!"

This rally follows today's acknowledgement by the IRGC of downing a Ukrainian airliner.
#IranProtests
Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Students of Amir Kabir University chanting at a large rally:
"People haven't died for us to praise the leader!"

This is strong criticism directed at the regime & the mullahs' dictator @Khamenei_ir.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Students of Amir Kabir University chanting at a large rally: "Shame on you! Shame on you!"

They're targeting their slogans at security units dispatched by authorities to disperse their peaceful gathering.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Students of Amir Kabir University chanting at a large rally:
"Commander in chief, resign, resign!"

This anger is targeting @Khamenei_ir & the IRGC after shooting down the Ukraine Int'l Airline flight #PS752.

#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Students of Amir Kabir University chanting at a large rally:
"Don't call me a seditionist! You're the sedition yourself, you tyrant!"

This anger is aimed at @Khamenei_ir & the phrases he uses for protesters.

#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Students of Amir Kabir University chanting at a large rally:
"IRGC shame on you! Let go of the country!"

Today the IRGC acknowledged shooting down the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PS752.

#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Students of Amir Kabir University chanting at a large rally:
"All these years of crimes, down with the velayat!"

The term velayat is a reference to the mullahs' regime.

#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Students of Amir Kabir University chanting at a large rally:
"No fear! We're all together!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir #BREAKING
Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Hafez Street

Anti-riot units firing tear gas into a massive crowd of protesters chanting:
"Shame on you, shame on you!"
"No fear! We're all together!"

#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Amir Kabir University
Crowd is chanting, "Death to the dictator!" in a reference to
@Khamenei_ir.

Iranians are furious over the regime's downing of the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PT752, killing all 176 on-board.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir #BREAKING
Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Amir Kabir University
Anti-riot units firing tear gas into the crowd of protesters.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Crowd chanting:
"Be afraid! We're all together!"
The brave crowd is directly targeting the regime with their chants.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Amir Kabir University students holding a banner with pictures of their classmates killed in the Ukraine plane crash.

The banner reads:
"F*** you & your mistake!"

A senior IRGC official said today they "mistakenly" shot down the plane.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Massive rally outside the Amir Kabir University
Crowd chanting: "I will kill he who killed my brother!"

A number of Amir Kabir University students were killed in the Ukraine Int'l Airline flight PS752 crash.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Sharif University
Crowd chanting: "@khamenei_ir shame on you! Let go of the country!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Amir Kabir University - Somaye Street
Protesters chanting:
"1,500 people were killed in our November protests!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Sharif University
Crowd chanting:
"You disgraceful Basij members, you are killing the people!"

Basij is the paramilitary arm of the IRGC.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Amir Kabir University
Security forces firing tear gas into crowds of protesters.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir #BREAKING
Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Protesters tear apart an image of Qassem Soleimani, the IRGC Quds Force commander recently killed by U.S. forces in Iraq.
#IraniansDetestSoleimani
#IranProtests

Image via @IranNW
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Amir Kabir University
Voice says, "They're attacking the people," referring to security forces attacking the crowd of protesters.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Voice says, "They attacked the people, opened fire! They attacked the people, with water canons, with guns, with everything! They attacked the people! Be careful!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Voice says, "They've become vicious like animals... These are the ones who kill the people."
The Iranian people quickly transform all gatherings into anti-regime protests.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
While the regime's security forces are standing only meters away, the crowd is heard chanting: "All these years of crimes, down with the [mullahs' regime]!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Large crowd chanting targeting @Khamenei_ir
"Khamenei is a murderer & his rule is not valid"
"Death to the [supreme leader]"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Isfahan, central #Iran
Crowd chanting:
"I will kill he who killed my brother!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Protesters chant against Qassem Soleimani &
@khamenei_ir.

"Soleimani is a murderer and so his leader!"

#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Isfahan, central #Iran
Crowd chanting:
"Our enemy is right here! They lie in saying it's America!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Hamedan, western #Iran
Crowd chanting:
"The incompetent IRGC is the nation's disgrace!"
Iranians are furious at the IRGC for shooting down the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight PS752, killing all 176 on-board.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Rasht, northern #Iran
Locals are protesting & clashing with the regime's security forces. People across Iran are furious over the IRGC downing the Ukraine airliner & protesting against the regime in its entirety.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Shiraz, south-central #Iran
Today's protests have spread to the city of Shiraz.

Reminder:
Shiraz was the heart of major clashes between the locals & the regime's security forces during the November 2019 nationwide uprising.

#IranProtests
Image via @IranNW
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Hafez Bridge
Massive crowd chanting, "Death to the liar!"
This follow the regime's three-day denial & finally acknowledging the IRGC shooting down the Ukraine airliner with a SAM missile.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Mashhad, NE #Iran
"Security forces attacked & dispersed around 200 mourners who were just lighting candles in Bahonar Park and crushed their candles," according to @IranNW.
A woman curses at security forces & shouts: "Murderers!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Isfahan, central #Iran
Crowd chanting:
"The people are begging (economically poor), [@khamenei_Ir] lives like gods!"
"Down with the mullahs' regime principle!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Sharif University
Mocking the regime dictator @khamenei_ir, the crowd is heard chanting: "Sorry Seyed Ali, it's time for you to get off your (throne)!"
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Isfahan, central #Iran
People chanting:
"We don't an Islamic republic!"
"Get lost you mullahs!"

All the while, MSM in the West claim people "rally around the flag" for the mullahs' regime.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Hafez Bridge

"I will kill those who killed students!"
"IRGC commits crimes & [@Khamenei_ir] supports it!"

Many of those killed on flight #PS572 were students or alumni of some of Iran's most prestigious universities.
#IranProtests
@khamenei_ir @IranNW Jan 11 - Tehran, #Iran
The regime's security units resorted to heavy use of tear gas against peaceful gatherings held for the victims of the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 that was downed by the IRGC.
#IranProtests
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