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(contracted; show full)020 Iranian protests]], [[2020-2021 Iranian protests]], met with violent responses by the Iranian authorities, including the killing of 1,500 protesters in November 2019 uprising and the violent crackdown on protests in [[Mahshahr]]. Besides toppling the regime, the protest movement is aimed at poverty, issues and corruption in the economy, especially higher wages{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} and pensions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iranian pensioners demand higher pensions in at least 20 cities|date=
14 February 14, 2021|agency=IranNewsWire|url=https://irannewswire.org/iranian-pensioners-demand-higher-pensions-in-at-least-20-cities/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Iran's State-Run Media Warn About Another Uprising|date=28 January 2021|publisher=[[National Council of Resistance of Iran|NCRI]]|url= https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/inside-source-reports/irans-state-run-media-warn-about-another-uprising/}}</ref>

==Protest movement==
=== January 2020 protests and the beginning of renewed protests and unrest ===

The January 2020 protests were organised by bus drivers and taxi drivers in [[Tehran]]. Anti-regime protests were rising, with this chant, “"Death to corrupt officials”", heard the most. Seasonal workers in [[Marivan]] participated in a strike movement as well, despite attacks by the security forces and intimidation meant to quell public protests that had begun on 24 January triggered by economic grievances. [[Kangan gas field|Kangan]] and [[Sanandaj]] experienced protests by oil workers and other sectors, with more that 5 blockades in protest for having not received any wages. [[Kaki, Iran|Kaki]] saw protest rallies over water and fuel shortage crises sparking anger by th(contracted; show full) prisoners and better conditions in prisons to combat the virus; it was the deadliest prison unrest in years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iran: Prisoners killed by security forces during COVID-19 pandemic protests|date=9 April 2020|agency=Amnesty International|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/iran-prisoners-killed-by-security-forces-during-covid19-pandemic-protests/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amnesty: Iran Joins Syria, Egypt in Seeing Prison Unrest Linked to Coronavirus|date=
10 April 10, 2020|agency=VOA News|url=https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/amnesty-iran-joins-syria-egypt-seeing-prison-unrest-linked}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prison riot in southern Iran over coronavirus fears|date=30 March 2020|agency=Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/3/30/prison-riot-in-southern-iran-over-coronavirus-fears}}</ref>

=== Mid 2020 (May-August) ===
A wave of massive worker protests broke out across Iran when municipal workers and nurses participated in large gatherings against the COVID-19 impact on Iran. For weeks, gatherings, meetings, speeches, strikes and demonstrations occurred nation-wide, with at least two cities experiencing major protests. In [[Khuzestan]], medical staff organised large protest rallies in front of their offices, demanding wages and better conditions for hospitality workers. Factory workers, coal miners, machine manufacturers and worker sectors have been among those protesting due to unpaid wages, shortages and poor economy and Protesters have rallied since then.<ref>{{cite web|title=Unpaid workers protest in Iran amid economic downturn|date=25 May 2020|agency=Arab News|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1679761/middle-east}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Islamic Republic of Iran: Flash Update - As of 28 May 2020|date=28 May 2020|agency=Relief Web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/iran-islamic-republic/islamic-republic-iran-flash-update-28-may-2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Worker Protests Spring Up In Iran, As Sanctions, Coronavirus Weaken Economy|date=25 May 25, 2020|agency=Radio Farda|url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/worker-protests-in-iran-as-coronavirus-hits-weak-economy/30631860.html}}</ref>

Factory and city employees, coal miners, as well as health-care workers are among those who have been protesting in Iran in July. Three weeks of worker protests have broken out across Iran as protests against working conditions, a worsening economy and issues with employment. Demonstrations and strikes were calling for payments and complaints of not receiving their wages for months, lack of jobs and employment, [[unemployment]], poor policies and wage increases as well in cities like [[Tabriz]], [[Dezful]], Khoramabad, [[Khorramshahr]] (Between 13–26 August, workers staged strikes), [[Behbahan]], [[Ghazvin]], [[Shiraz]] (where sugarcane workers launched strikes) and [[Ahvaz]] by teachers, workers, miners, nurses and doctors protesting shortages and grappling with the COVID-19 outbreak, municipality workers and jobless workers who had retired. [[Mashhad]], [[Rasht]], [[Urmia]], [[Ahvaz]], [[Shush, Iran|Shush]], [[Yazd]], and Khomein experienced women’s protests by nurses, teachers, doctors, municipality workers and taxi drivers protesting the conditions and no rights they face.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iranian Workers Strike Amid Worsening Economy, Deadly Coronavirus Crisis|date=29 July 29, 2020|agency=RFERL|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-workers-strike-amid-worsening-economy-deadly-coronavirus-crisis/30755164.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Workers' Protests in Iran|date=26 August 26, 2020|agency=IranFocus|url=https://www.iranfocus.com/en/protests/34735-workers-protests-in-iran/}}</ref>

Ebrahim Arabzadeh, a contract worker at [[Mahshahr]] petrochemical complex, died from heat exhaustion at work on 28 July. This sparked an unprecedented wave of strike action across Iran, with 10,000 workers going on strike, battling the 50-degrees heat in some areas to protest in the oil and gas fields in southern Iran like [[Abadan]] and [[Mahshahr]]. Protesters were builders, electricians, welde(contracted; show full)
|trans-title=Gathering in Behbahan: "Tear gas fired at protesters and internet access restricted" |work=Radio Farda |date=16 July 2020 |access-date=21 August 2020}}</ref> The protests come under the slogan "#StopExecutionsInIran" ([[Persian language|Persian]]: اعدام نکنید). On the eve of 
16 July 16, 2020, a protest gathering was formed in the city of [[Behbahan]] in [[Khuzestan Province]]. According to social media account, the execution verdicts for the protesters of [[2019–2020 Iranian protests]] and economical hardships brought by government's lack of proper management were the key points of this protest. According to [[NetBlocks]], [[Khuzestan Province|Khuzestan]]'s bandwidth was strictly limited in the night of 15 July 15, 2020. According to [[Deutsche Welle]], the unrest also spread to [[Shiraz]], [[Isfahan]], [[Rasht]], [[Mashhad]], [[Tabriz]] and [[Urmia]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=اعتراضات در ایران؛ محدودیت اینترنت، دستگیری معترضین {{!}} DW {{!}} July 17, 2020|url=https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B6%DB%8C%D9%86/a-54209067|access-date=18 July 18, 2020|website=DW.COM|language=fa-IR}}</ref> The protest gatherings, protesters was rallying against hardships for days before the initial uprising, with many injured during rallies as well.<ref>{{Cite web|title=اعتراض میلیونی به حکم اعدام سه معترض آبان با هشتگ "اعدام نکنید"؛ اختلال در اینترنت|url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/donot-execute-iran/30726445.html|access-date=15 July 15, 2020|website=رادیو فردا|language=fa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=هشتگ #اعدام_نکنید در صدر ترند‌های جهانی توئیتر|url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/30727009.html|access-date=15 July 15, 2020|website=رادیو فردا|language=fa}}</ref>

The [[Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane Mill Labor Syndicate]] was the epicentre and scene of protest rallies for 2 months in 2020, from May–July. Workers staged daily street protests for not receiving their wages for consecutive months and the policy of privatisation. Strikers were attacked during the protests in [[Ahvaz]], yet this wave of employee protests was the most peaceful. Thousands participated in clapping strikes, general strikes, [[walk-outs]], chanting and rallying. Strikers was fired in response to the large strikes for months against low wages and no pay-checks. [[Maryam Rajavi]] supported the protest action, mentioning on [[Twitter]], “"The clerical regime has abandoned our people in the clutches of disease, unemployment and poverty. They do not pay workers and nurses’ salaries. The only solution is replacing the mullahs’ oppressive rule in #Iran with people’s sovereignty and the rule of democracy”". Thousands of these workers of Haft Tappeh demonstrated in the streets of [[Shush, Iran|Shush]], calling on their colleagues to show solidarity with their protest march and the slogan "Worker of Haft Tappeh, Unity, Unity." The workers also chanted, "Death to Rouhani, reduce embezzlement, our problem will be solved," and the workers occupied the streets of Shush while shouting and clapping loudly.
(contracted; show full)], nurses and medical staff protested their delayed paychecks for days. Truck drivers in the city of [[Fardis]] protested low fares and high vehicle maintenance costs in a large strike.<ref>{{cite web|title=Round up of Iran Protests: September 21–29|date=30 September 2020|publisher=[[National Council of Resistance of Iran|NCRI]]|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests/round-up-of-iran-protests-september-21-29/}}</ref>

=== October{{En dash}}November 2020 ===
Between 30 September and 
7 October 7, there were protests in [[Zanjan, Iran|Zanjan]], [[Tabriz]], [[Khuzestan]] and [[Urmia]], demonstrating against the prices of bread and poor conditions. Medical staff went on strike and kindergarten teachers rallied against the government.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roundup of Iran Protests: September 30 – October 7|date=8 October 2020|publisher=[[National Council of Resistance of Iran|NCRI]]|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests/roundup-of-iran-protests-september-30-october-7/}}</ref> T(contracted; show full), the [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War]]. The military crackdown became harsh as protests became larger and violent. Ethnic Azeris constitute a large minority of the Iranian population. The military forces used [[tear gas]] and reportedly clashed with protesters in [[Tabriz]], [[Ardebil]], [[Tehran]] and [[Urmia]], calling for the closure of the border with [[Armenia]]. 38 were detained during demonstrations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Protests Erupt In Iran Backing Azerbaijan In Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict|date=
2 October 2, 2020|agency=RFERL|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/protests-erupt-in-iran-backing-azerbaijan-in-nagorno-karabakh-conflict/30870217.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pro-Azerbaijan protestors in Tabriz demand closure of Iran-Armenia border|date=1 October 1, 2020|agency=Daily Sabah|url=https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/pro-azerbaijan-protestors-in-tabriz-demand-closure-of-iran-armenia-border/news}}</ref>

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== Late 2020 and Early 2021 ==
A nonviolent three-day strike campaign was launched by toll workers in [[Ghazvin]] against employment statuses, meaning high unemployment. Between 19 January and 23 February, nationwide retiree protests erupted in protest against low wages for retirees, demanding justice over the deaths of 1500 during the [[2019-2020 Iranian protests]] and an end to poverty. Iran’s Stock Market Exchange bubble growth finally burst on 
24 January 24. As a result, many people lost the life savings they had invested in the stock market, so there were large protests in [[Tehran]] where police fired on protesters. On 7 February, the Iranian media warned of another uprising after major protests in February. Newspaper Jahane-e-Sarat has noted that injustice and inflation had grappled Iranian society, fearing another uprising in our country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Retired Government Employees Protest In Iran Demanding Higher Pensions|date=15 February 15, 2021|agency=RFERL|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-pensions/31103957.html}}</ref>

Between December–January, thousands of stock owners and stock marketers have taken to the streets in protest against the stock crash in [[Iran]]. [[Kohgiluyeh]] saw protests in January, demonstrating against water crisis and polluted water, calling for the government to take action over the crisis. These deprived workers spread their empty tablecloths on the street. Contract workers in [[Ilam, Iran|Ilam]] and (contracted; show full)explosive and impatient people of Iran might rise up against president [[Hassan Rouhani]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Iranians Continue Protests; Including Retirees' Widespread Rally on January 26|date=27 January 2021|agency=IranNewsUpdate|url=https://irannewsupdate.com/news/insider/iranians-continue-protests-including-retirees-widespread-rally-on-january-26/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title="Suffering" Iranian Retirees Joining Nationwide Protests Against Chronic State Failures|date=
19 January 19, 2021|agency=Centre of Human Rights in Iran|url=https://iranhumanrights.org/2021/01/suffering-iranian-retirees-joining-nationwide-protests-against-chronic-state-failures-swo/}}</ref>

=== February 2021 ===
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In [[Baluchistan]], the [[2021 Sistan and Baluchestan protests]] broke out, leaving as many as 10 killed. Rallies, street demonstrations and protest marches has risen since 
3 February 3, 2021, when hundreds protested in [[Isfahan]] against polluted water. In [[Shiraz]], pensioners rallied for weeks, protesting for larger pensions and calling for new wage increases. The uprising in the Sistan And [[Baluchistan]] region has left 50 killed and wounded. Protesters rallied again over the recent days, protesting in [[Mashhad]] against retirees conditions and working life for mall employees, and simultaneously, retiree-protesters rallied for their sixth consecutive week in protest against pension(contracted; show full)etirees, teachers, unemployed or fired workers, railroad workers, petrochemical workers, gas workers, factory workers, miners and manufacturers in [[Urmia]], [[Mahshahr]], [[Arak, Iran|Arak]], [[Kerman]] and more. Teachers, defrauded creditors, other sectors and farmers conducted gatherings in [[Tehran]], [[Mashhad]], [[Zahedan]] and [[Isfahan]] as well, protesting unpaid wages and demands for their wages grew louder.<ref>{{cite web|title=February Iran Protests Report: 271 protests in 67 cities|date=
6 March 6, 2021|agency=IranNewsWire|url=https://irannewswire.org/february-iran-protests-report-271-protests-in-67-cities/}}</ref>

Across [[Iran]], farmers and factory workers have been protesting high prices and unpaid salaries that leave farmers struggling to make money from their businesses and factory workers unable to afford food to put on their table. Nationwide protests by workers, factory employees and farmers against the plan for higher prices ahead of [[Nowruz]] and non-payments. The farmers from [[Hashtbandi]] in Hormozgan province went on strike as well as [[Isfahan]], [[Nurabad]]{{disambiguation needed|date=March 2021}} and other areas across the country to protest the prices of their products and no wage payments. College students, preschool educators, impoverished citizens, paint workers, bakery workers, and railroad workers of the maintenance sector took to the streets during the string of mass protests, protesting poor conditions and living standards in [[Iran]]. Thousands of workers, shopkeepers, steel retirees, drivers, farmers, security staff, residents, water and sewage staff, and bakers rallied in [[Iran]] for weeks during the 2-week long strike campaign in February in support of the protesting farmers and calling for president [[Hassan Rouhani]] to resign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iranian Workers Protest Unpaid Salaries|date=11 March 11, 2021|agency=IranFreedom|url=https://iranfreedom.org/en/2021/03/11/iranian-workers-protest-unpaid-salaries/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Iranians Continue Protests; at Least Six Rallies and Strikes on February 9|date=10 February 2021|agency=IranNewsUpdate|url=https://irannewsupdate.com/news/insider/iranians-continue-protests-at-least-six-rallies-and-strikes-on-february-9/?amp=1}}</ref>

=== March 2021 ===
Oil, steel, and seasonal construction workers and independent labor unions along with pensioners and teachers were also present in the gatherings in [[Tehran]] on 7 March calling for higher wages. The protesters wanted higher pensions and wages. In [[Tehran]], three protesters were arrested for protesting in the peaceful meetings and nonviolent gatherings, triggering nation-wide pensioner protests and widespread demonstrations in [[Karaj]], [[Arak, Iran|Arak]], [[Khorramabad]], [[Ahvaz]], [[Isfahan]] and [[Shiraz]]. Since December 2020, pensioners have held several organized nationwide gatherings on a weekly basis. Previous protests were held on 26 January 26,, 10 January 10,, 3 January 3,, 7 February 7,, 21 February, 21,8 February 28, March 1 and 14 February 14.<ref>{{cite web|title=Two workers, one retired teacher arrested in peaceful Tehran protests for higher wages|date=7 March 7, 2021|agency=IranNewsWire|url=https://irannewswire.org/two-workers-one-retired-teacher-arrested-in-peaceful-tehran-protests-for-higher-wages/}}</ref>

(contracted; show full) authorities'', employees in electricity distribution centres in [[Tehran]] demanding their rights, workers in municipalities and buildings in [[Behbahan]] staged rallies demanding their wages and protesting poor living conditions, [[sit-ins]] by these worker staging rallies was held immediately as well across the country, oil industry retirees in [[Ahvaz]] demonstrated calling for better support from the authorities and demanding their worker rights chanting''',''' 
“"We will not relent until we get our rights back.”", the protest marches and popular demonstrations, frequent and fruitful mass rallies by workers in the major [[Fars Province|Fars]] metal companies continued for their 5th week over the non-fulfillment of the employer’s obligations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dozens of Protests in Two Days Across Iran|date=17 March 2021|publisher=[[National Council of Resistance of Iran|NCRI]]|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests/dozens-of-protests-in-two-days-across-iran/}}</ref>

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On 29 March, protests erupted across Iran as protesters take to the streets in Many cities like [[Tehran]], [[Isfahan]], [[Karaj]], and [[Gilan]] to protest a trade cooperation act with [[China]] for 25 years. [[Tehran]], [[Kazeroun]], [[Kermanshah]], [[Karaj]] has seen daily protest gatherings over a new pact with [[China]], heavy security forces presence was reported. Protesters also held rallies in front of governorships in the [[Alborz]] and [[Isfahan]] provinces to voice 
“"outrage”" over the "controversial" pact.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iranians protest cooperation pact with China|date=30 March 2021|agency=AA News|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iranians-protest-cooperation-pact-with-china/2192750}}</ref>

=== April 2021 ===
(contracted; show full)residential elections]] over the insufficient pensions they have received. The gatherings took place in [[Tehran]], [[Karaj]], [[Khorramabad]], [[Arak, Iran|Arak]], [[Mashhad]], [[Neyshabur]], [[Kerman]], [[Yazd]], [[Qazvin]], [[Kermanshah]], Tabriz, Ahvaz, [[Bojnurd]], [[Rasht]], [[Behshahr]], [[Shush, Iran|Shush]], [[Shushtar]], [[Boroujerd]], [[Isfahan]], [[Maku, Iran|Maku]], and [[Shahroud]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Iran's pensioners and retirees embark on 4th round of nationwide protests|date=
14 April 14, 2021|agency=Women NCR-Iran|url=https://women.ncr-iran.org/2021/04/14/irans-pensioners-and-retirees-embark-on-4th-round-of-nationwide-protests/}}</ref> 

On 18 April 18, retirees continued their protests, protesting harsh living conditions, the regime’s inaction to solve their problems, and called for boycotting the upcoming [[2021 Iranian presidential election|sham presidential elections]]. [[Tehran]], [[Karaj]], [[Isfahan]], [[Ahvaz]], [[Arak, Iran|Arak]], [[Kerman]], [[Kermanshah]], Qazvin, [[Bandar Abbas]], [[Mashhad]], [[Rasht]], [[Ardabil]], [[Sari]], [[Behshahr]], [[Borujerd]], [[Dezful]], Hafttapeh, and Shush saw protest rallies by retirees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iran: The Retirees' Nationwide Protests With Significant Presence Of Women|date=18 April 2021|publisher=[[National Council of Resistance of Iran|NCRI]]|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/iran-the-retirees-nationwide-protests-with-significant-presence-of-women/}}</ref>

On April 21, 22 April and   23, defrauded creditors, whose property and savings had been plundered by the clerical regime’s stock market gambit, protested and marched in [[Tehran]], [[Mashhad]], [[Isfahan]], and [[Tabriz]], chanting slogans against the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, [[Hassan Rouhani]], Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, calling for the boycott of the [[2021 Iranian presidential election|sham presidential election]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Iran: Defrauded Investors Stage Protests in Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, and Tabriz|date=21 April 2021|publisher=[[National Council of Resistance of Iran|NCRI]]|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/statement-iran-protest/iran-defrauded-investors-stage-protests-in-tehran-mashhad-isfahan-and-tabriz/}}</ref>

On 19 April, farmers in [[Ziar city]] in [[Isfahan]] protested and blocked roads, demanding their right to water irrigation, farmers in Vajjareh set vehicles on fire and burnt tires calling for their rights of water irrigation. In [[Tehran]], protesters marched from the Social Security Organization to the [[Shademan subway]], chanting, “"We will no longer vote because we have not seen any justice”". Protesters in [[Mashhad]] took to the streets in opposition to the [[2021 Iranian presidential election|national elections]]. Deprived workers and cement factory workers went on strike to protest economic crisis and were demanding their low incomes in [[Isfahan]]. Thousands of university graduate teachers held protests in [[Karaj]], near [[Tehran]], demoing equal pay and rights.<ref>{{cite web|title=Protests Continue Across Iran as Economic Crises Deepen|date=21 April 2021|publisher=[[National Council of Resistance of Iran|NCRI]]|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests/protests-continue-across-iran-as-economic-crises-deepen/}}</ref>

On 22 April 22, farmers began protests in [[Isfahan]] to protest against how the regime’s destructive water distribution policies affect not only farmers’ lives but also the ecosystem. On 25 April 25, water system workers launched sit-ins and protests alongside the [[Zayanderud river]], the largest river of the Iranian Plateau, to protest the deaths of thousands of fish every year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Iran: Water Crisis in Isfahan and Farmers' Protests|date=25 April 2021|publisher=[[National Council of Resistance of Iran|NCRI]]|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests/iran-water-crisis-in-isfahan-and-farmers-protests/}}</ref>

On 29 April, villagers in Aleshtar, [[Lorestan]] province clashed with security forces. Conflicts erupted as locals were bloodily cracked down when they were protesting the cutting down of their walnut trees by government forces and the [[IRGC]] as part of a plan to seize their lands. Lorestan’s attorney general admitted that several security forces have been wounded during the clashes and added that a dozen people have been arrested.<ref>{{cite web|title=Protests Across Iran Reflect Public Desire for Regime Change|date=30 April 2021|publisher=[[National Council of Resistance of Iran|NCRI]]|url=https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-protests/protests-across-iran-reflect-public-desire-for-regime-change/}}</ref>

=== May 2021 ===
On 1 May 1, simultaneously with [[International Workers’ Day]], many workers across Iran held rallies, protesting their harsh living conditions and calling for the regime’s sham [[2021 Iranian presidential election|presidential elections]] to be boycotted. Workers rallied in [[Tehran]], [[Karaj]], [[Arak, Iran|Arak]], [[Mashhad]], [[Khorramabad]], [[Marivan]], [[Kermanshah]], [[Hafttapeh]], [[Tabriz]], [[Sanandaj]], [[Rasht]], [[Boroujerd]], [[Qazvin]], [[Sari]], [[Ilam, Iran|Ilam]], [[Isfahan]], and [[Ahvaz]].{{cn|d(contracted; show full){{Protests in Iran}}

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