My mother has been informing me about protests in Tehran regarding the prices of different goods being high and wildly inconsistent.

Of course, since it’s Iranian diaspora on social media bringing attention to this, they’re highlighting occurrences where people are calling for a return of the Shah. Though it’s not every case, either some specifically denouncing Pezeshkian.

I’d like to ask other comrades if they have more information beyond just random social media posts on western platforms, like information about grievances towards Pezeshkian specifically, or later discontent with the government’s economic policies.

  • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
    23·
    14 days ago

    I have been getting my information from a Telegram channel called Fortros Resistance. This is what they say:

    • Latest update

    🇮🇷| Field report from Iran protests today on December 30 - Tuesday:

    • The overall situation in cities was calm today, and calls for gatherings did not really receive widespread support.

    • However, gatherings were held today at several universities in Tehran with a limited number of students.

    At the University of Tehran, around 50 people initially gathered on campus, and the number later increased to about 300.

    At Amirkabir University, a group of students made a brief move toward Enghelab Street, but did not continue & later got scattered.

    Gatherings of about 100 people were also reported at the University of Science and Culture & the University of Science and Technology.

    • Additionally, a small gathering of shopkeepers took place this afternoon at Tehran’s iron market, but was considered limited in scope since the government accepted to implement change in favour of the shopkeepers.

    Chants from this video: “Protesting is our right, being united is our path.”

    @FotrosResistancee

    • Opinion of the protest

    ❗️Be wary of manipulated protest videos.

    This video of the shopkeeprs gathering in the market, published on social media, shows the top video with a different audio to manipulate the agenda.

    The terrorist opposition like Masih Alinejad, Tommy Robinson, and these lowlife US senators & Pahlavi supporters attempt to hijack the people’s right to protest and steer the discourse to something completely different.

    The protests today have steered away from the original cause, which was the shopkeeper’s protest to inflation. Now a couple of peer pressured groups of people and students have come outside and hijacked the main cause of the protests.

    In reality, even today protests are nothing and minimal, but on social media, they are making it seem like it’s over, the “regime” is about to fall—reality check: it’s not.

    @FotrosResistancee

    • DaMummy [none/use name]@hexbear.net
      17·
      14 days ago

      Wait, so at best, it’s like 300 people? The fact that it’s so blown out of proportion here on US social media leads me to believe there is someone neferious behind it.

    • Makan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      13·
      14 days ago

      I don’t like the anti-communist regime in Iran but this whole protest wave seems like a nothingburger.

    • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.mlOP
      9·
      14 days ago

      Do you have some sources regarding the government’s policy to make changes in favor of the Bazaar shop keepers? Also if you have a video of the proper audio I’d appreciate it.

      • Darkcommie@lemmygrad.mlBanned
        10·
        14 days ago

        Non Iranian takes on these protests is almost as bad pahlavi’s takes on these protests no material analysis just blind just blind support or opposition like it’s a fucking football match

      • Makan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        8·
        14 days ago

        I am going to phrase this in a way that will be provocative, but:

        Even though I don’t like the anti-communist government in Iran, violence and an escalation of the protests into violence and meddling by the West against the legitimate state is too extreme.

        I am a communist, not a extremist.

        If you want to change things, the movement needs wider support and must not be commandist, especially if it’s not going to have a palpable framework for dealing with the problems therein, such as the prices.

        • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.mlOP
          8·
          14 days ago

          I feel the same. The primary threat to the Iranian people is US imperialism in the region right now. If Communists want to have influence in and potentially come to power at a later date, they must position themselves against the threat of imperialism before all else.

          Though personally I’m interested in seeing how Iran’s closer relationship with China may influence the newer generation. There’s still too much of a reliance on western economic and political doctrine among Iranian higher education which makes governance more difficult then it should be.

          • Makan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
            6·
            13 days ago

            Problem is, the current government of Iran, last I checked, is too neoliberal or had a lot of neoliberal influence.

            I don’t think China’s influence will amount much, not if everyone is still annoyed or agitated by the mistakes that the government makes.