In anti-regime demonstrations that have erupted all over Iran, protestors called on the Iranian regime to leave the armed conflict in Syria and to focus on internal issues. They shouted slogans such as: “Leave Syria, think of us” and “Not Gaza, not Lebanon – we will give our lives to Iran.” The demonstrators protested against the clerics living in “palaces” while the Iranian people suffers poverty. The chants included: “Death to the thief!” “Death to the dictator” and “Death to the IRGC”. Footage from these protests, held on December 29-31, 2017, was broadcast on BBC Persian TV and posted on various Iranian social media accounts.
Rasht
Protestors: Larijani, shame on you. Leave the government.
Kermanshah
The people are begging for alms, and the master (Khamenei) lives like a king.
The people are begging for alms, and the master (Khamenei) lives like a king.
Sari
Leave Syria, think of us.
Leave Syria, think of us.
Leave Syria, think of us.
Qom
May you rest in peace, oh Reza Shah.
May you rest in peace, oh Reza Shah.
May you rest in peace, oh Reza Shah.
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Oh security forces, support us!
The youth are unemployed, while the clerics sit in a palace.
The youth are unemployed, while the clerics sit in a palace.
The youth are unemployed, while the clerics sit in a palace.
Rasht
Death to the thief!
Death to the thief!
Death to the thief!
Death to the thief!
Death to the thief!
Death to the thief!
Death to the thief!
Death to the thief!
Hamedan
Death to the dictator!
Death to the dictator!
Death to the dictator!
Death to the dictator!
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Khorasan
Tank shells and bullets - the clerics should go to Hell.
Tank shells and bullets - the clerics should go to Hell.
Tank shells and bullets - the clerics should go to Hell.
Tank shells and bullets - the clerics should go to Hell.
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The Majlis, Tehran
We don't want a dictatorial regime.
We don't want a mercenary police.
We don't want a dictatorial regime.
We don't want a mercenary police.
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Tehran University
Not Gaza, not Lebanon - We will give our lives to Iran.
Not Gaza, not Lebanon - We will give our lives to Iran.
Not Gaza, not Lebanon - We will give our lives to Iran.
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Tehran
Death to the IRGC!
Death to the IRGC!
Death to the IRGC!
Death to the IRGC!
Death to the IRGC!
Death to the IRGC!
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