Coverage Of Protests In Iranian Cities On September 25

Rallies staged by the government in Iran on Sunday to show that it still garners support apparently were a failure, with small crowds gathering in some cities.

Early reports show anti-government protests resuming Sunday evening, as demonstrators come out after work, and also use the darkness to their advantage.

A video from the Kurdish city of Sanandaj reported clashes in early evening with security forces and gunshots are heard as smoke rises in some areas.

Protests were also reported from Zahedan, in southeastern Iran, one of the poorer regions with a majority Sunni population, but so far no videos have been published.

At least in one district of Tehran, Narmak, protests were taking place, and students in Tehran university were marching and chanting against the government.

The Coordination Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations announced a strike for Monday and Wednesday (Tuesday is a public holiday) in support of the protesters. This is the first major call for a strike, although people on social media have been urging workers at key government economic sectors not to show up for work.

Iran Human Rights (IHR) said Saturday at least 54 protesters had been killed by then. In many cases, handing over the bodies of the victims to their families was made contingent on agreeing to secret burials, IHR reported.

Hacktivists sympathizing with protesters have also been at work targeting the websites of the government and its affiliates including the website of the ministry of foreign affairs and MCI, Iran's largest mobile network operator, which is an affiliate of the telecommunications company, and zeroed out all phone bills, in retaliation for shutting down their internet services.

We providee updates below in our live coverage on Sunday. Iran International cannot verify the exact time and location of all videos.

Our coverage for Sunday ended at 01:10, early on Monday.

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Protesters in Esfahan (Isfahan) taking over a key intersection in the city center Sunday evening.

Eyewitnesses say that crowds are dispersed in more locations in different cities, perhaps to reduce chance of an attack by security forces.

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Fierce protests in Qazvin Sunday night, with gunshot heard while it appears the protesters have set a police vehicle on fire.

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The European Union (EU) considered on Sunday “unjustifiable and unacceptable” the “widespread and disproportionate use of force” against protesters in Iran, after nine days of protests over the death of a young woman who was detained by the morality police , and that left 41 dead.

In a statement on behalf of the EU, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, also condemned “the decision of the Iranian authorities to drastically restrict access to the internet and to block instant messaging platforms”, something that, according to him , “constitutes a flagrant violation of freedom of expression”.

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Protests in the northern Tajrish district of Tehran, Sunday evening.

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Protesters in Fardis, a district of the city of Karaj, 20 miles west of Tehran are chanting "Death to Khamenei" Sunday evening.

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A video showing a small crowd of regime supporters at one of their gatherings on Sunday.

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A short video of protests in Shiraz, capital of Fars Province in the south, on Sunday evening.

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Sunday evening protest in the Ekbatan district of Tehran. People chant, "Don't be scared, don't be scared, We are all together here."

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Protest Sunday evening in Sattar Khan district of the capital Tehran. The area has been a hotbed of protests in the past few days.

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Early evening in Sanandaj, western Iran and gunshots are heard against protesters. The pre-dominantly Kurdish city was one of the earliest to satge protests after the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody that trggered the unrest in Iran.