Iranian people marked the 46th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution with cries of "Death to the Islamic Republic" and "Death to the Dictator" ringing through several cities across the country on Sunday night.
Videos obtained by Iran International show people chanting against the clerical establishment during official fireworks to commemorate 22 Bahman (11 February), the day the Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown, giving way to what is now known as the Islamic Republic.
People in Tehran, Karaj, Arak, Mashhad and Kermanshah, among other cities, chanted "Death to Khamenei the Murderer", "Death to the Islamic Republic" and "Death to Dictator", videos recorded on mobile phones show.
Mashhad is Iran’s second-most populous city in the northeast; Karaj, the third-most populous city, located west of Tehran; Arak, an industrial hub and the fourth-most populous city in central Iran; and Kermanshah, the country’s ninth-most populous city.
The cries were heard in Tehran's Ekbatan, Tehranpars, Jannatabad, Ekhtiarieh and Enghelab (Revolution) neighborhoods, each with different demographic and social characteristics - from middle class to poor districts.
"Death to Execution Republic" was heard in a video from Jannatabad, referring to the Islamic Republic's hanging spree over the past few years.
"No one is chanting Allahu Akbar in this big city," one Tehran resident is heard saying in a video sent to Iran International, referring to the slogan that the Islamic Republic's supporters used to chant during the revolution anniversaries in the past.
In Kermanshah, people chanted slogans like "This year is year of blood,
Khamenei falls with a thud."
